relegate

rel·e·gate

R0139000 (rĕl′ĭ-gāt′)tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates 1. To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition: an artist's work that is now relegated to storerooms; a group that has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens.2. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action: relegate the teaching of writing to graduate students; relegate the matter to a committee.

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[Middle English relegaten, to banish, from Latin relēgāre, relēgāt- : re-, re- + lēgāre, to send, depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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rel′e·ga′tion n.

relegate

(ˈrɛlɪˌɡeɪt) vb (tr) 1. to move to a position of less authority, importance, etc; demote2. (General Sporting Terms) (usually passive) chiefly Brit to demote (a football team, etc) to a lower division3. to assign or refer (a matter) to another or others, as for action or decision4. (foll by to) to banish or exile5. to assign (something) to a particular group or category[C16: from Latin relēgāre to send away, from re- + lēgāre to send] ˈreleˌgatable adj ˌreleˈgation n

rel•e•gate

(ˈrɛl ɪˌgeɪt)

v.t. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. 1. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition. 2. to consign or commit (a matter, task, etc.), as to a person. 3. to assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind. 4. to send into exile; banish. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin relēgātus, past participle of relēgāre to send away, dispatch. See re-, legate] rel′e•ga•ble (-gə bəl) adj. rel`e•ga′tion, n.

relegate

Past participle: relegated
Gerund: relegating

Imperative
relegate
relegate

Present
I relegate
you relegate
he/she/it relegates
we relegate
you relegate
they relegate

Preterite
I relegated
you relegated
he/she/it relegated
we relegated
you relegated
they relegated

Present Continuous
I am relegating
you are relegating
he/she/it is relegating
we are relegating
you are relegating
they are relegating

Present Perfect
I have relegated
you have relegated
he/she/it has relegated
we have relegated
you have relegated
they have relegated

Past Continuous
I was relegating
you were relegating
he/she/it was relegating
we were relegating
you were relegating
they were relegating

Past Perfect
I had relegated
you had relegated
he/she/it had relegated
we had relegated
you had relegated
they had relegated

Future
I will relegate
you will relegate
he/she/it will relegate
we will relegate
you will relegate
they will relegate

Future Perfect
I will have relegated
you will have relegated
he/she/it will have relegated
we will have relegated
you will have relegated
they will have relegated

Future Continuous
I will be relegating
you will be relegating
he/she/it will be relegating
we will be relegating
you will be relegating
they will be relegating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been relegating
you have been relegating
he/she/it has been relegating
we have been relegating
you have been relegating
they have been relegating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been relegating
you will have been relegating
he/she/it will have been relegating
we will have been relegating
you will have been relegating
they will have been relegating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been relegating
you had been relegating
he/she/it had been relegating
we had been relegating
you had been relegating
they had been relegating

Conditional
I would relegate
you would relegate
he/she/it would relegate
we would relegate
you would relegate
they would relegate

Past Conditional
I would have relegated
you would have relegated
he/she/it would have relegated
we would have relegated
you would have relegated
they would have relegated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	relegate - refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"pass on, submitsubmit, subject - refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
	2.	relegate - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"demote, kick downstairs, bump, breakassign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
	3.	relegate - expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"banish, barexpel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"spike - stand in the way of
	4.	relegate - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"classifyattribute, assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

relegate

verb1. demote, degrade, downgrade, declass Other newspapers relegated the item to the middle pages.2. banish, exile, expel, throw out, oust, deport, eject, expatriate a team about to be relegated to the second division

relegate

verbTo put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance:commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give (over), hand over, trust, turn over.Idiom: give in trust.

Translations

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relegate

(ˈreligeit) verb to put down to a lower grade, position etc. The local football team has been relegated to the Second Division. 降級 降级ˌreleˈgation noun 降級 降级

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