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delegate
Noun
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A delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for one or more other people, especially at a conference or in government.
He's attending the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the great state of Ohio.
A majority of the delegates voted against joining with that group.
delegate
Verb
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If you delegate a job or the power to do that job, it is yours, but you give it to someone in a lower position.
As more decisions on more complicated matters have to be made, more power has to be delegated to lower-ranking personnel.
decision
Noun
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a decision is a sudden thought, with purpose, before someone does something. After a person makes a decision, the person has knowledge about a thing the person will do.
After much thought, the person made a decision to go to the meeting.
A person sees two roads. The person needs to go on one road or the other. The person makes a decision and goes on one of the roads.
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A decision is the end of a process in a committee. After a committee makes a decision, a record in writing says the important thing.
After much discussion, the committee made an important decision about insurance.