"delegation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delegation.wav Forms: delegations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|delegatio|dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis}} Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, {{cog|fr|délégation}} French délégation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delegation (countable and uncountable, plural delegations)
  1. An act of delegating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of delegating): تَفْوِيض (tafwīḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), delegointi (Finnish), antaminen tehtäväksi (Finnish), valtuutus (Finnish), valtuuttaminen (Finnish), Delegierung [feminine] (German), Abordnung [feminine] (German), delegálás (Hungarian), tiomnú [masculine] (Irish), delegowanie [neuter] (Polish), delegação [feminine] (Portuguese), делеги́рование (delegírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), delegering [common-gender] (Swedish), görevlendirme (Turkish), делегува́ння (delehuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-delegation-en-noun-yakP1spg Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 8 36 34 Disambiguation of 'act of delegating': 85 3 3 10
  2. A group of delegates. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a group of delegates): delegacion [masculine] (Albanian), delegim [masculine] (Albanian), بِعْثَة (biʕṯa) [feminine] (Arabic), وَفْد (wafd) [masculine] (Arabic), պատվիրակություն (patvirakutʻyun) (Armenian), delegación [feminine] (Asturian), nümayəndə heyəti (Azerbaijani), дэлега́цыя (deljehácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), делега́ция (delegácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖွဲ့ (kuiyca:hlaia.hpwai.) (Burmese), delegació [feminine] (Catalan), 代表團 (Chinese Mandarin), 代表团 (dàibiǎotuán) (Chinese Mandarin), delegace [feminine] (Czech), delegation [common-gender] (Danish), delegatie [feminine] (Dutch), delegacio (Esperanto), delegatsioon (Estonian), delegaatio (Finnish), valtuuskunta (Finnish), lähetystö (Finnish), délégation [feminine] (French), დელეგაცია (delegacia) (Georgian), Delegation [feminine] (German), Abordnung [feminine] (German), αντιπροσωπεία (antiprosopeía) [feminine] (Greek), પ્રતિનિધિમંડળ (pratinidhimaṇḍaḷ) [neuter] (Gujarati), מִשׁלַחַת (mishlakhat) [feminine] (Hebrew), प्रत्यायोजन (pratyāyojan) (Hindi), delegáció (Hungarian), küldöttség (Hungarian), delegaciono (Ido), delegitaro (Ido), delegazione [feminine] (Italian), 代表団 (daihyōdan) (alt: だいひょうだん) (Japanese), делегация (delegasiä) (Kazakh), គណៈបេសកកម្ម (kĕəʼnaʼpeesaʼkaʼkam) (Khmer), គណៈប្រតិភូ (kĕəʼnaʼprɑtephuu) (Khmer), 대표단 (daepyodan) (alt: 代表團) (Korean), делегация (delegatsiya) (Kyrgyz), ຄະນະຜູ້ແທນ (kha na phū thǣn) (Lao), delegācija [feminine] (Latvian), delegacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), делегација (delegacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), delegasi (Malay), apārangi (Maori), delegasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), delegasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), استازډله (astāzḍala) [feminine] (Pashto), نيابت (neyābat) [masculine] (Pashto), وفد (wafd) [masculine] (Pashto), نمایندگی (namâyandegi) (Persian), وفد (vafd) (Persian), delegacja [feminine] (Polish), delegação [feminine] (Portuguese), delegație [feminine] (Romanian), делега́ция (delegácija) [feminine] (Russian), делега́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), delegácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), delegácia [feminine] (Slovak), delegacija [feminine] (Slovene), delegación [feminine] (Spanish), delegation [common-gender] (Swedish), delegasyon (Tagalog), ҳайати вакилон (hayati vakilon) (Tajik), ҳайати намояндагон (hayati namoyandagon) (Tajik), намояндагӣ (namoyandagi) (Tajik), вафд (vafd) (Tajik), คณะผู้แทน (ká-ná-pûu-tɛɛn) (Thai), delegasyon (Turkish), delegasiýa (Turkmen), delegatsiýa (Turkmen), делега́ція (delehácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), delegatsiya (Uzbek), đoàn đại biểu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-delegation-en-noun-xCQknWne Disambiguation of 'a group of delegates': 2 94 1 3
  3. (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations ((computing) a method dispatching technique): delegointi (Finnish), Delegation [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-delegation-en-noun-Ssqk8ig4 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 8 36 34 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '(computing) a method dispatching technique': 5 6 83 6
  4. (law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Law of obligations, Collectives Translations ((law) the substitution of the person who performs): valtuutus (Finnish), valtuuttaminen (Finnish), délégation [feminine] (French), Anweisung [feminine] (German), dēlēgātiō [feminine] (Latin), överlåtande [neuter] (Swedish), dirprwyaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-delegation-en-noun-NVIoA4Nb Disambiguation of Collectives: 26 18 16 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 26 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 7 17 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 7 22 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 27 8 19 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 27 8 19 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 7 17 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 22 6 26 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 8 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 7 22 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 23 5 15 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 11 18 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 7 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 7 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 10 17 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 7 19 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 8 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 8 36 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 25 7 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 25 6 23 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 5 33 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 31 7 19 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 7 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 8 18 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 8 18 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 26 8 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 7 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 26 8 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 26 6 20 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 8 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 24 7 19 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 7 27 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 8 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 8 18 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 32 3 19 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 30 8 18 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 10 18 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 7 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 8 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 7 18 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 7 17 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 26 8 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 7 18 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 7 18 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 25 7 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 30 11 18 41 Topics: law Disambiguation of '(law) the substitution of the person who performs': 19 5 28 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delegation language, nondelegation, redelegation, subdelegation Related terms: delegate, consultation link

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "delegírovanije",
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          "sense": "act of delegating",
          "word": "görevlendirme"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "delehuvánnja",
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          "word": "بِعْثَة"
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          "roman": "wafd",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
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          "word": "وَفْد"
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          "roman": "patvirakutʻyun",
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          "word": "պատվիրակություն"
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
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          ],
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "nümayəndə heyəti"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "deljehácyja",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дэлега́цыя"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "delegácija",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kuiyca:hlaia.hpwai.",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖွဲ့"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delegació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "代表團"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàibiǎotuán",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "代表团"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delegace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "delegatie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "delegacio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "delegatsioon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "delegaatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "valtuuskunta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "lähetystö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "délégation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "delegacia",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "word": "დელეგაცია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Delegation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abordnung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antiprosopeía",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αντιπροσωπεία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "pratinidhimaṇḍaḷ",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "પ્રતિનિધિમંડળ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mishlakhat",
          "sense": "a group of delegates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מִשׁלַחַת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 94 1 3",
          "code": "hi",
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegitaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいひょうだん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daihyōdan",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "代表団"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "delegasiä",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "делегация"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kĕəʼnaʼpeesaʼkaʼkam",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "គណៈបេសកកម្ម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kĕəʼnaʼprɑtephuu",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "គណៈប្រតិភូ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "代表團",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daepyodan",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "대표단"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "delegatsiya",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "делегация"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kha na phū thǣn",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "ຄະນະຜູ້ແທນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "delegacija",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делегација"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "apārangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delegasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delegasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "astāzḍala",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "استازډله"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "neyābat",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نيابت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wafd",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وفد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "namâyandegi",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "نمایندگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vafd",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "وفد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "delegácija",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делега́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делега́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delegación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "delegation"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hayati vakilon",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "ҳайати вакилон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hayati namoyandagon",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "ҳайати намояндагон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "namoyandagi",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "намояндагӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vafd",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "вафд"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-ná-pûu-tɛɛn",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "คณะผู้แทน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegasiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegatsiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "delehácija",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "делега́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "delegatsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a group of delegates",
      "word": "đoàn đại biểu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(computing) a method dispatching technique",
      "word": "delegointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(computing) a method dispatching technique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Delegation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "word": "valtuutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "word": "valtuuttaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "délégation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anweisung"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēlēgātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "överlåtande"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(law) the substitution of the person who performs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dirprwyaeth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "delegation"
  ],
  "word": "delegation"
}

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