verb
- assigning responsibility or authority to another person to act on one’s behalf
Usage: present participle of delegate
Examples
- The manager is delegating tasks to her team members.
- She has trouble delegating because she wants to control everything herself.
- Effective leaders know when delegating is appropriate.
- He’s delegating the project coordination to his assistant.
- The CEO is delegating more responsibilities to department heads.
- Delegating authority helps develop employee skills.