how to pronounce delegate

/ˈdɛl.ɪ.ɡət/

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delegate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of delegate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… accumulated a massive delegate lead and …”

meaning of delegate

Delegate means to send someone to represent you.

delegate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word delegate occurs in english on average 6.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics delegate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that delegate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;