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verb/ˈriːleɪ/, /rɪˈleɪ/
/ˈriːleɪ/, /rɪˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they relay | /ˈriːleɪ/, /rɪˈleɪ/ /ˈriːleɪ/, /rɪˈleɪ/ |
| he / she / it relays | /ˈriːleɪz/, /rɪˈleɪz/ /ˈriːleɪz/, /rɪˈleɪz/ |
| past simple relayed | /ˈriːleɪd/, /rɪˈleɪd/ /ˈriːleɪd/, /rɪˈleɪd/ |
| past participle relayed | /ˈriːleɪd/, /rɪˈleɪd/ /ˈriːleɪd/, /rɪˈleɪd/ |
| -ing form relaying | /ˈriːleɪɪŋ/, /rɪˈleɪɪŋ/ /ˈriːleɪɪŋ/, /rɪˈleɪɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to receive and send on information, news, etc. to somebody
- relay something (to somebody) He relayed the message to his boss.
- Instructions were relayed to him by phone.
- relay to somebody I'll relay to the customer and let you know what they say.
- [transitive] relay something (to somebody) to broadcast television or radio signals
- The game was relayed by satellite to audiences all over the world.
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.
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