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Definitions: Delegacy |
DelegacyNoun1. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent. 2. A group of representatives or delegates. 3. The appointment of a delegate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Delegacy \Del`e*ga*cy\, noun. [From Delegate,]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: DelegacySynonyms: agency (n), commission (n), delegation (n), deputation (n), mission (n), representation (n). (additional references) |
| "Delegacy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Delegacy" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "delegacy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | delegim (delegation, deputation), delegacion (delegation, deputation, mission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تفويض (authorization, commission, delegation, deputation, mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, warrant, warranty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | права на делегат, делегация (delegation, mission, proxy), делегиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | délégation (act of delegation, delegation, deputation), conseil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Abordnung (delegation, deputation, secondment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηδονή (delight, gusto, pleasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משלחת (contingent, delegation, deputation, errand, expedition, mission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megbízatás (charge), kiküldetés (delegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | delegazione (delegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elegacyday delegacia (delegation), delegação (act of delegation, commission, committee, delegation, deputation, mandatorily). (various references) delegaţie (autorization, commission, delegation, deputation, legation, mission, proxy, representation), împuternicire (commission, deputation, letter of attorney, mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, vicarious power, warrant, warrant of attorney). (various references) делегация (delegation, deputation, mission), делегирование (delegating, delegation). (various references) delegacija (delegation), poveravanje. (various references) delegación (act of delegation, delegation, deputation, legation), huéspedes, grupo (are, band, bank, batch, bevy, block, bracket, bunch, camp, clump, cluster, collection, complex, coterie, Covey, crowd, delegation, gang, generating set, group, group of 12 channels, grouping, heap, herd, huddle, knot, lot, mine complex, mob, outfit, pack, panel, parcel, party, posse, pride, raft, range, set, social group, social status group, square decametre, team, tie, troop, troupe, unit). (various references) deputation (delegation, deputation), delegation (deconcentration, delegation, devolution), ombudsmannaskap. (various references) delegelik, delege olarak atanma, delegasyon (delegation), vekillik (guardianship, ministry, proxy, representation, trusteeship). (various references) делегування (delegation), делегація (delegation, mission). (various references) phái đo n (delegation, deputation), đo n đại biểu sự uỷ quyền. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Delegacy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Delahay, Delfeayo, Dlugach. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "delegacy" (pronounced 'Del`e*ga*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy, Autocracy, Axinomancy, Bankruptcy, Baronetcy, Belomancy, Benignancy, Bibliomancy, Bivalency, Blatancy, Botanomancy, Brevetcy, Brillancy, Buoyancy, Bureaucracy, Cadency, Candidacy, Capnomancy, Captaincy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Cecutiency, Celibacy, Centripetency, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chaplaincy, Chartomancy, Chiromancy, Circumambiency, Clemency, Cleromancy, Cliency, Coadjuvancy, Coagency, Coefficacy, Coefficiency, Cogency, Coincibency, Colluctancy, Colonelcy, Commorancy, Compliancy, Complicacy, Concludency, Concordancy, Concubinacy, Concurrency, Congeneracy, Congruency, Connivency, Conservancy, Conspiracy, Constancy, Constituency, Contingency, Contumacy, Conversancy, Cornetcy, Correspondency, Coscinomancy, Couchancy, Crystallomancy, Curacy, Currency, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Dancy, Daphnomancy, Decency, Decipiency, Deficiency, Degeneracy, Delicacy, Delinquency, Deliracy, Delirancy, Delitescency, Demency, Democracy, Demonocracy, Dependency, Depopulacy, Despiciency, Despondency, Detergency, Determinacy, Diffidency, Diligency, Diplomacy, Disappendency, Disconsolacy, Discumbency, Disfancy, Disobediency, Displacency, Dissonancy, Distancy, Docimacy, Dormancy, Doulocracy, Dubitancy, Durancy, Effeminacy, Efficacy, Efflorescency, Effluency, Electro-thermancy, Emergency, Eminency, -ency, Enoptomancy, Ensigncy, Episcopacy, Equipendency, Equitancy, Equivalency, Equivocacy, Errancy, Esnecy, Excellency, Excrescency, Exigency, Existency, Exsiliency, Extacy, Extancy, Extravagancy, Extuberancy, Exuberancy, Fallacy, Fallency, Farcy, Feculency, Fermacy, fervency, Flagrancy, fleecy, flippancy, fluency, frequency, Fritinancy, Fugacy, Fulgency, Gastromancy, Geomancy, Gerontocracy, Gramercy, Gunocracy, Gynecocracy, Gyneocracy, Gynocracy, Gyromancy, Habiitancy, Hagiocracy, Haruspicy, hesitancy, Heterocercy, Hierocracy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Ichthyomancy, icy, Idiocracy, idiocy, Idiotcy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, Imitancy, immediacy, Immoderacy, Immoderancy, Impatiency, Impeccancy, impenitency, Impertinency, Impolicy, Importancy, Importunacy, Impudency, inaccuracy, inadequacy, Incalescency, incessancy, Incidency, inclemency, Inconsideracy, inconsistency, inconstancy, Inconveniency, incumbency, indecency, Indeficiency, indelicacy, independency, Indifferency, Indigency, Indistancy, Indolency, Indulgency, inefficacy, inefficiency, inerrancy, INFANCY, Inmacy, Innitency, Innocency, Inordinacy, Insignificancy, Insitency, Insolency, insolvency, instancy, insufficiency, Intelligency, Intemperancy, Intendancy, Interagency, interdependency, Interluency, Intermediacy, Interregency, Intestacy, INTIMACY, Intolerancy, intricacy, Inveteracy, Inviolacy, Irregeneracy, Irrelavancy, Itineracy, Itinerancy, Jactancy, Jesuitocracy, Joyancy, juicy, Kakistocracy, Lasciviency, latency, Latitancy, Lecanomancy, legacy, legitimacy, Leucophlegmacy, Liegiancy, lieutenancy, Liquescency, literacy, lithomancy, Lucency, lunacy, Luxuriancy, Macilency, magistracy, Maledicency, -mancy, Manutenency, mediacy, mendicancy, mercy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, militancy, Ministracy, Mispolicy, Mobocracy, monocracy, Mordicancy, Mugiency, Myomancy, Nascency, Necromancy, Neocracy, Nomancy, Nomocracy, Nonproficiency, Nonsolvency, normalcy, Obduracy, Obeisancy, Observancy, Obstancy, Obstetricy, Obstinacy, Occupancy, Ochlocracy, Omnipresency, Omnisciency, Omphalomancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Opponency, Oppugnancy, Optimacy, Opulency, Oriency, Ornithomancy, Orphancy, Oscillancy, Oscitancy, pancy, Pantisocracy, Papacy, Parturiency, Patency, Peccancy, Pedantocracy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Pendency, Penitency, Pernancy, Perspicacy, Pervicacy, Pharmacy, Piquancy, piracy, Plangency, Plantocracy, Pliancy, Plutocracy, Poignancy, Polycracy, Polypharmacy, Populacy, Potency, Potentacy, Predisponency, Predominancy, Preexistency, Prefulgency, Pregnancy, Prejudicacy, Prelacy, Preoccupancy, Prepotency, Presidency, Prevalency, Prevenancy, Primacy, Privacy, Probacy, Procuracy, Profligacy, Prolificacy, Propendency, Prophecy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-l-y" | |
-1 letter: glaceed. | |
-2 letters: agedly, clayed, gleyed, legacy. | |
-3 letters: aglee, agley, cadge, cadgy, caged, cagey, clade, decal, decay, delay, eagle, elegy, glace, glade, glady, glede, gleed, laced, lacey, layed, leady, ledge, ledgy, lycea, lycee. | |
-4 letters: aced, acyl, aged, agee, agly, alec, alee, cade, cage, cagy, cede, clad, clag, clay, dace, dale, deal, dele, edge, edgy, eely, egad, egal, eyed, gaed, gale, geed, geld, glad, gled, glee, gley, lace, lacy, lade, lady, lead, yald, yeld. | |
-5 letters: ace, age, ale, aye, cad, cay, cee, cel, dag, dal, day, dee, del, dey, dye, eel, eld, eye, gad, gae, gal, gay, ged, gee, gel, gey, lac, lad, lag, lay, lea, led, lee, leg, ley, lye, yea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-l-y" | |
+4 letters: decreasingly, glycerinated. | |
+5 letters: deprecatingly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6C 65 67 61 63 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-.. . --. .- -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100111 01100001 01100011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e l e g a c y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006C 0065 0067 0061 0063 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871787173676991 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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