| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility |
Synonyms: |
authorize, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, hold responsible for, parcel out, pass on, relegate, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, transfer |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank 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: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, supply, transfer |
Synonyms: |
accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, take |
| Main Entry: | partition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, separate |
Synonyms: |
apportion, cut, cut in, cut into, cut up, deal, disburse, dispense, disperse, distribute, divvy up, dole out, fence off, measure out, parcel out, portion, screen, section, segment, separate, share, size into, slice, split, split up, subdivide, wall off |
Antonyms: |
attach, combine, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | ration |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide something into portions |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, assign, budget, conserve, control, deal, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole, give out, issue, limit, measure out, mete, mete out, parcel, parcel out, proportion, prorate, quota, restrict, save, share |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use in common with others |
Synonyms: |
accord, administer, allot, apportion, assign, be a party to, bestow, cut the pie, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, divide with, divvy, divvy up, dole out, experience, give and take, give out, go Dutch, go fifty-fifty, go halves, go in with, have a hand in, have a portion of, mete out, parcel out, part, partake, participate, partition, pay half, piece up, prorate, quota, ration, receive, shift, slice, slice up, split, split up, take a part of, yield |
Antonyms: |
be selfish, hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | split |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into parts |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, carve up, distribute, divide, divvy, divvy up, dole, go even-steven, go fifty-fifty, halve, mete out, parcel out, partition, share, slice, slice the pie, slice up |
Antonyms: |
combine, join |