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11relegate — rel|e|gate [ˈrelıgeıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of relegare to send back to do a job ] 1.) formal to give someone or something a less important position than before relegate sb/sth to sth ▪ Women tended to be… …
12relegate — [[t]re̱lɪgeɪt[/t]] relegates, relegating, relegated 1) VERB If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position. [V n to n] Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function? …
13relegate — 01. After being [relegated] to a minor administrative position, our former program co ordinator decided to resign. 02. The story was [relegated] to the human interest section of the newspaper. 03. When newspapers make an error in reporting on the …
14relegate — rel|e|gate [ relə,geıt ] verb transitive to move someone or something to a less important position: relegate someone/something to something: They ve relegated us to this dark little office. be relegated BRITISH to be moved into a lower DIVISION ─ …
15relegate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare, from re + legare to send with a commission more at legate Date: 1599 1. to send into exile ; banish 2. assign: as a. to assign to a place of insignificance… …
16relegate — relegable /rel i geuh beuhl/, adj. relegation, n. /rel i gayt /, v.t., relegated, relegating. 1. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. 2. to… …
17relegate — verb /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/ a) Exile, banish, remove, or send away. b) Exile or banish to a particular place …
18relegate — Synonyms and related words: accredit, assign, ban, banish, bar, bar out, blackball, blockade, cast out, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, count out, credit, cut, cut off, debar, delegate, demote, deport, disfellowship, dispatch, displace …
19relegate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. consign, commit, assign, refer, banish. See ejection, exclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To assign] Syn. commit, consign, transfer; see assign 1 , commit 2 . 2. [To remove] Syn. banish, exile,… …
20relegate — rel·e·gate || relɪgeɪt v. refer, assign to another person; demote, assign to an inferior position …
