| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of representatives |
Synonyms: |
commission, contingent, deputation, embassy, envoys, gathering, legation, mission, organization |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
allotment, approval, assigning, authorization, certification, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, deputation, designation, election, empowering, installation, naming, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting or setting apart |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
Synonyms: |
agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together toward goal |
Synonyms: |
board, commissioners, committee, delegation, deputation, representative |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, clambake, confab, congress, convocation, council, delegates, delegation, get together, meet*, meeting, members, powwow, rally, representatives, show |
| Main Entry: | embassy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence, offices of overseas representatives |
Synonyms: |
commission, committee, consular office, consulate, delegation, diplomatic office, legation, ministry, mission |
| Notes: | embassy originally had the spelling variant ambassy and is based on Latin ambactus 'servant'; an embassy is the one entity maintained by a foreign country by each nation, whereas a consulate may be situated in a number of cities of a foreign country |
| Main Entry: | troop/troops |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, often military |
Synonyms: |
armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting forces, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, personnel, service personnel, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | troop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military |
Synonyms: |
armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting men, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, men, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troops, troupe, unit |