DELEGATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delegating mean? 

• DELEGATING (noun)
  The noun DELEGATING has 1 sense:

1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

  Familiarity information: DELEGATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELEGATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

delegating; delegation; deputation; relegating; relegation

Hypernyms ("delegating" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delegating"):

devolution; devolvement (the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government))

Derivation:

delegate (transfer power to someone)

 Context examples 

But consider—you need not be afraid of delegating power to me.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)