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to subdelegate

to subdelegate

7.7
To give some of your tasks or power to another person
  • verb
  • /ˌsʌbˈdɛlɪɡeɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : subdelegar
  • The manager decided to subdelegate some tasks to her assistant to help lighten her workload.

Examples

  • Each LDQN is authoritative for its own zone, and this includes the ability to subdelegate authority to smaller zones.

    Blog text (31)

  • PHILIP HAMBURGER, IS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW UNLAWFUL? 386 (2014) (arguing that the concept of delegation suggests "that Congress cannot subdelegate its lawmaking power");

    Academic text (2018)

  • In the meeting, he explained how to subdelegate responsibilities effectively among team members.

  • To improve efficiency, the committee agreed to subdelegate certain duties to volunteers.

Synonyms

to delegate
vsto subdelegate
45 3.7

To give a job and authority to someone so they do it for you

transfers authority you received onward rather than assigning it directly
to depute
vsto subdelegate
  • UK
1 7.8

To choose someone to act for you

does so only when authority was previously given to you

How Much Power

to retain
236 3.4
to assign
487 2.7
to delegate
45 3.7
to subdelegate
  • Formal
7.7
to abdicate
  • Formal
23 8.0

Surface Forms

subdelegate infinitive
subdelegated past
subdelegated past participle
subdelegating present participle
subdelegates third person singular

Morphology

subdelegate = delegate (transparent) = sub + delegate

The verb is formed by adding the productive prefix 'sub-' to the verb 'delegate', meaning to delegate further or to a subordinate; this is a regular, inferable formation.

Etymology

The verb subdelegate combines sub- 'under' and delegate 'to give responsibility to someone'. So to subdelegate is to pass on duties you were given to another person, usually someone below you.