relegate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- rĕʹlĭgāt (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Meanings
- (qualifier:done to a person, transitive) Exile, banish, remove, or send away. ▸ Exile or banish to a particular place.
- (obsolete, rare, reflexive) Exile, banish, remove, or send away. ▸ Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
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(Ancient-Rome, historical, qualifier:done to a person, transitive) Exile, banish, remove, or send away. ▸ Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].
2002, Mark Morford, The Roman Philosophers, →ISBN, page 183:
- (figuratively, transitive) Exile, banish, remove, or send away. ▸ Remove or send to a place far away.
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(in extended use, transitive) Consign or assign. ▸ Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).
1946 November and December, “A Veteran French Tank Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
- (in extended use, transitive) Consign or assign. ▸ Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
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(in extended use, transitive) Consign or assign. ▸ Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
- (transitive) Refer or submit. ▸ Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- (transitive) Refer or submit. ▸ Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- (archaic, transitive) Refer or submit. ▸ Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| relegates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| relegating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| relegated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| relegated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| religate | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
relegated · misrelegate · relegating · relegator
Relateds
Synonyms
debase · put someone in their place · embase · sink · humble · humiliate · demote · humble · abase · demote · trim down to size · disgrace · slur · debase · disparage · defame · demean · depress · downgrade · discredit · relegate · dishonour · reduce · degrade · give a bad name · cut down to size · whittle down to size · bring down to size · knock down to size
Translations (39)
ru относить (to consign) · bg препращам (to refer) · de zuweisen (to consign) · bg отпращам (to exile) · de zuweisen (to refer) · bg разжалвам (to consign) · de absteigen lassen (to consign) · es relegar (to exile) · de einstufen (to consign) · fi siirtää (to refer) · de absetzen (to exile) · fi alentaa (to consign) · de verbannen (to exile) · ru ссылать (to exile) · fr reléguer (to exile) · ja 格下げする (to consign) · de zurückstufen (to consign) · de degradieren (to consign) · de zurückversetzen (to consign) · nl bannen (to exile) · ru отсылать (to refer) · ru изгонять (to exile) · no degradere (to consign) · fi sijoittaa (to consign) · mi tū(w)hiti (to exile) · ru отдалять (to exile) · de fortschicken (to exile) · ru отстранять (to exile) · ru низводить (to consign) · ru разжаловать (to consign) · nl verbannen (to exile) · de herabsetzen (to consign) · mi whakapako (to exile) · nl relegeren (to exile) · de relegieren (to exile) · fi karkottaa (to exile) · de herabstufen (to consign) · ja 追い払う (to exile) · ja 降格させる (to consign)