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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

delegazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de-le-ga-tzyo-ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deputation/ˌdɛp.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La delegazione ha discusso i termini del trattato."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of people appointed to represent others, especially at a meeting, conference, or official assembly.

    "A deputation of local residents met with the mayor to protest the new zoning laws."
  2. 2

    The act of deputing or the state of being deputed; the appointment of a person to act for another.

    "She accepted the temporary deputation to oversee the regional branch office."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'deputatio', stemming from 'deputare' meaning 'to allot, estimate, or assign', formed from 'de-' (down, intensive) + 'putare' (to reckon or prune). It entered the English language in the late 16th century initially denoting the act of appointing someone to a charge or office, later shifting to also describe the body of persons appointed.

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