Deputation

Definitions: Deputation

Deputation

Noun

1. A group of representatives or delegates.

2. Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

Date "deputation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Synonyms: Deputation

Synonyms: commission (n), delegacy (n), delegating (n), delegation (n), mission (n), relegating (n), relegation (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Commission	Noun: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Deputation

English words defined with "deputation": By deputation ♦ Deputator ♦ In deputation ♦ Mission school. (references)

Specialty definitions using "deputation": Berodach-baladan ♦ Glasgow Magistrate, Gueux ♦ Mother Earth ♦ Wise as the Women of Mungret. (references)

Etymologies containing "deputation": Deputator. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Deputation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (delegacy, delegation, deputation).

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	India	At least nine journalists in 2000 were injured while attempting to give a deputation to the director of information. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Deputation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deputation" is used about 111 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)	100%	111	30,796

Expressions using "deputation": By deputation ♦ In deputation. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "deputation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		delegim (delegacy, delegation), delegacion (delegacy, delegation, mission). (various references)

Arabic		‏وفد (delegation, despatch, dispatch, legation, mission, send, send off), ‏تفويض (authorization, commission, delegacy, delegation, mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, warrant, warranty), ‏إنتداب (legation, mandate), ‏شخص مفوض. (various references)

Bulgarian		пълномощие (authority, commission, proxy), депутация. (various references)

Chinese		代表团 (Delegation, legation). (various references)

Czech		deputace, delegace (delegation). (various references)

Dutch		delegatie (act of delegation, delegation), afvaardiging (delegation). (various references)

Esperanto		deputilaro (delegation), deputado (delegation), delegitaro (delegation), delegado (delegation). (various references)

Farsi		هیلت نمایندگی , نماینده (Agent, Delegate, Deputy, Doer, Envoy, Exponent, Indicator, Proxy, Representation, Representative, Symptomatic), نمایندگی (Agency, Attorney, Legation, Representation, Solicitorship), وکالت (Advocacy, Agency, Attorney, Bar, Proctorship, Proxy). (various references)

Finnish		lähetystö (delegation, embassy, legation). (various references)

French		députation (delegation, deputyship), délégation (act of delegation, delegacy, delegation), représentation nationale, mandat de député, ensemble des députés. (various references)

Frisian		ôffurdiging (delegation). (various references)

German		delegation (delegation, mission), abordnung (delegacy, delegation, secondment). (various references)

Greek		επιτροπή (board, commission, committee, delegation, tribunal), αντιπροσωπεία (agency, delegation, procuration, vicarage, vicariate). (various references)

Hebrew		מלאכות (angeldom, delegation, mission), משלחת (contingent, delegacy, delegation, errand, expedition, mission), � צי�'ות (agency, mission, representation). (various references)

Hungarian		küldöttség (delegation). (various references)

Indonesian		deputasi, utusan (delegate, envoi, messenger, mission). (various references)

Italian		deputazione. (various references)

Manx		chaghteraght (commission, commission message, communications, dispatch, embassy). (various references)

Pig Latin		eputationday

Portuguese		delegação (act of delegation, commission, committee, delegacy, delegation, mandatorily), purificação (abstersion, catharsis, cleaning, clearing, comb out, exquisite, lustre, purgation, purification, refinement, renovation, sweetening). (various references)

Romanian		deputãţie, delegaţie (autorization, commission, delegacy, delegation, legation, mission, proxy, representation), solie (mission, task), împuternicire (commission, delegacy, letter of attorney, mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, vicarious power, warrant, warrant of attorney). (various references)

Russian		делегация (delegacy, delegation, mission), депутация. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		deputacija, opunomoćenje (authorization), izaslanstvo (mission). (various references)

Spanish		diputación, delegación (act of delegation, delegacy, delegation, legation). (various references)

Swedish		deputation (delegacy, delegation). (various references)

Turkish		delegeler, heyet (board, college, commission, committee, corps, group, mission, panel, posse). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự uỷ nhiệm sự cử đại biểu đại biểu, phái đo� n (delegacy, delegation), đo� n đại biểu, đại diện (envoy, vicegerent). (various references)

Welsh		dirprwyaeth (commission). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "deputation": deputations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Deputation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Diputacion, dputation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "deputation" (pronounced 'Dep`u*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: outpainted.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-p-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: antidote, antipode, aptitude, inputted, outpaint, tetanoid, unpotted.
	-3 letters: antipot, attuned, audient, depaint, notated, notepad, nutated, opiated, opuntia, outdate, painted, patient, patined, petunia, pintado, pointed, puttied, tainted, taunted, tiptoed, utopian.
	-4 letters: atoned, attend, attune, auntie, autoed, dautie, detain, dipnet, donate, dopant, dunite, iodate, notate, nutate, nutted, opiate, opined, outate, outeat, pained, pandit, panted, pantie.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-p-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: deputations.
	+2 letters: deputization.
	+3 letters: deputizations.
	+4 letters: outmanipulated, repudiationist.
	+5 letters: postdevaluation, repudiationists, unsophisticated.
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