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# deputation

«deputation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (deputations)

### meaning for a pupil

A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deputation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a group sent by a crowd or village to speak to a king, a mayor or a leader.

### examples

- The villagers sent a deputation to the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deputation/#x1)
- Let us choose a deputation of the bravest to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deputation/#x2)
- The deputation waited outside the palace gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deputation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deputation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deputation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.