Meaning

10 senses
  1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

    (transitive)Exile or banish to a particular place.

  2. (Ancient Rome, historical, transitive)Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)Remove or send to a place far away.

  4. Consign or assign.

    (transitive)Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.

    Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

    zurückstufen, herabsetzen, degradieren

    низводитьnizvoditʹ, разжаловатьrazžalovatʹ, относитьotnositʹ

    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

  5. (transitive)Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

  6. (transitive)Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

    After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

  7. Refer or submit.

    (transitive)Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.

    zuweisen

    отсылатьotsylatʹ

    refer to another person for decision or judgment

  8. (transitive)Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.

  9. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

    (obsolete, rare, reflexive)Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

  10. Refer or submit.

    (archaic, transitive)Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. He relegates the boring tasks to his assistant.

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  2. This issue has been relegated to the background.

    ruЭтот вопрос был отодвинут на второй план.

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  3. Lorenzo was relegated to being just an observer.

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  4. The hegemon was relegating most of her cult members.

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  5. The club is in serious danger of being relegated.

    deDer Verein befindet sich in akuter Abstiegsgefahr.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to exile:
to consign:
to refer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to exile:
to consign:

Origin

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).

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Forms

relegates, relegating, relegated, relegated
Base formrelegate · to relegate
3rd person singularrelegates
Present participlerelegating
Past simplerelegated
Past participlerelegated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrelegate
he, she, itrelegates

Past simpleLesson

all personsrelegated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave relegated
he, she, ithas relegated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill relegate

Synonyms

34 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

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