{
    "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’."
}