deputation

1. 1.

   a group of representatives or delegates

   Synonymscommissiondelegationdelegacymission

   Broaderorganization

   Narrowerdiplomatic missionembassy
2. 2.

   authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

   Synonymsdelegatingdelegationrelegatingrelegation

   Broaderauthorization

   Narrowerdevolution

Other forms of deputation

plural

deputations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deputation

What does deputation mean?

deputation means "a group of representatives or delegates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deputation?

deputation has 5 syllables: de-pu-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for deputation?

Close synonyms include commission, delegation, delegacy, mission, delegating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deputation a common word?

deputation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.