delegate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person authorized to act as representative for another

   A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

2. 2

   A representative at a conference, etc.

3. 3

   An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

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   1. 4

      A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous…

      A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.

      • Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates.
   2. 5

      A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

      • The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power.
   3. 6

      To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.

   4. 7

      To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.

      • The war on Covid-19 was delegated to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, a paralysed NHS and scientists publicly feuding over dud data.
   5. 8

      (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain

      (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.

   6. 9

      delegated

   7. 10

      Acting as a delegate, delegated

      Acting as a delegate, delegated; of, pertaining to a delegate

   8. 11

      A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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