relegate
verb/ˈrelɪɡeɪt/
/ˈrelɪɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they relegate | /ˈrelɪɡeɪt/ /ˈrelɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it relegates | /ˈrelɪɡeɪts/ /ˈrelɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple relegated | /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle relegated | /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form relegating | /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- relegate somebody/something (to something) to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before
- She was then relegated to the role of assistant.
- He relegated the incident to the back of his mind.
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- [usually passive] relegate something (British English) to move a sports team from playing with one group of teams to playing in a lower group opposite promoteTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘send into exile’): from Latin relegat- ‘sent away, referred’, from the verb relegare, from re- ‘again’ + legare ‘send’.
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