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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.
directive
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noun
a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity
the boss loves to send us directives
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adjective
(= directing, directional)
showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
felt his mother's directing arm around him
the directional role of science on industrial progress