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{
"term": "delegate",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Congress delegates rejected the proposals."
},
{
"text": "The delegates voted to support the resolution."
},
{
"text": "a delegate from the local Labour party"
},
{
"text": "the British delegate to the United Nations"
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["conference", "congress", "convention"],
"verb + delegate": ["choose", "elect", "select"],
"delegate + verb": [
"attend (something)",
"approve",
"vote (on something)"
],
"preposition": ["delegate from", "delegate to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who attends a conference",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries."
},
{
"text": "They decided not to send a delegate to the conference."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdelɪɡət/",
"audio": "de/delegate/delegate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdelɪɡət/",
"audio": "de/delegate/delegate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’."
}