delegation

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. a group of people chosen to represent their company, country, or organization at a meeting.

n. a body of delegates chosen to represent a larger group, especially at a formal conference or diplomatic event.

日本語:代表※

“A large delegation from France arrived for the climate summit.”

“The trade delegation spent three days negotiating the terms of the new bilateral agreement with their counterparts in Tokyo.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Law Formal · Technical

n. the act of passing a legal duty or debt to another person.

n. the act by which a debtor or obligor assigns the performance of an obligation to another party.

“The contract allows for the delegation of duties to a third party.”

“In contract law, delegation refers to the transfer of duties, whereas assignment refers to the transfer of rights to receive benefits.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Computing Technical

n. a way for one part of a computer program to use the functions of another part.

n. a technique where an object handles a request by passing it to a second object, often used as an alternative to inheritance.

“The developer used delegation instead of inheritance to keep the code flexible.”

“By employing delegation, the class can dynamically change its behavior at runtime by swapping the delegate object it refers to.”