delegated
Passed the task
Delegated is the past tense and past participle of delegate, meaning to assign responsibility or authority to someone else.
When tasks are delegated, they're handed off to others to complete: She delegated the research to her assistant.
The term often appears in discussions of management and leadership, where effective delegation is considered a key skill.
In legal and political contexts, delegated authority refers to power that has been formally transferred from one body or person to another.
Work to be done
- allocateDesignate for specific use
- distributeDivide and deliver
- appointAssign to office
- designateFormally select or name
handover · entrust · subcontract · outsource · depute · consign · transfer · reassign
Formal authoritative directive
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
devolution · vesting · commission · deputation · charter · directive · power of attorney · signatory
Obligation for one's actions
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- chargeCost or accusation
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
oversight · liability · custody · guardianship · fiduciary · ownership · answerability · reporting
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- division of laborSplitting tasks among workers
workflow · synergy · cross-functional · liaison · point person · lead · support · backup
Self-assurance or trust
- relianceState of needing support
- faithTrust without proof
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
independence · latitude · discretion · judgment · competence · capability · track record · credibility
task
Work to be done
- allocateDesignate for specific use
- distributeDivide and deliver
- appointAssign to office
designate · handover · entrust · subcontract · outsource · depute · consign · transfer · reassign · dispatch
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- authorizationFormal permission granted
jurisdiction · devolution · vesting · commission · deputation · charter · directive · power of attorney · signatory · discretion
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- chargeCost or accusation
stewardship · oversight · liability · custody · guardianship · fiduciary · ownership · answerability · reporting · chain of command
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
division of labor · workflow · synergy · cross-functional · liaison · point person · lead · support · backup · coverage
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
- relianceState of needing support
- faithTrust without proof
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
autonomy · independence · latitude · discretion · judgment · competence · capability · track record · credibility · reliability
- task propertiespriority, status, assigned, complete, pending
- ledled, commanded, directed, governed, guided
- turn overflip, flipped, rotate, rotated, invert
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
delegatedmicromanaged
Supervised with excessive control
controlled · directed · hands-on · dictated · commanded
- union delegatesElected labor representatives
- delegation of authorityGranting power to others
- delegate authority
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- apostolic delegatePope's official representative abroad
- convention delegateAppointed meeting attendee
delegate, delegation, delegates, delegating, delegations, delegator, delegators, superdelegate