relegate
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.
to consign or commit (a matter, task, etc.), as to a person: He relegates the less pleasant tasks to his assistant.
to assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind.
to send into exile; banish.
Origin of relegate
1Other words for relegate
Other words from relegate
- rel·e·ga·ble [rel-i-guh-buhl], /ˈrɛl ɪ gə bəl/, adjective
- rel·e·ga·tion [rel-i-gey-shuhn] /ˌrɛl ɪˈgeɪ ʃən/ noun
- un·rel·e·ga·ble, adjective
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How to use relegate in a sentence
“The Salafi mosque” relegates women to the shadows and preaches isolation rather than assimilation.
Deism is a "sordid" creed, which relegates God to heaven and ignores his ever-operating life in creation.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingLike the ancient Sophists, he relegates the more important principles of ethics to custom and probability.
Meno | PlatoHe discards the idea that we lose virility when we cease to kill, and relegates the notion to the limbo of deceits.
The Holy Earth | L. H. BaileyThat relegates it all into the future; but in Peter's conception it is, in some sense, in the present.
Expositions of Holy Scripture | Alexander Maclaren
It excludes the thing negated from any group given in a proposition, and this relegates it to the second or complementary group.
Natural Philosophy | Wilhelm Ostwald
British Dictionary definitions for relegate
/ (ˈrɛlɪˌɡeɪt) /
to move to a position of less authority, importance, etc; demote
(usually passive) mainly British to demote (a football team, etc) to a lower division
to assign or refer (a matter) to another or others, as for action or decision
(foll by to) to banish or exile
to assign (something) to a particular group or category
Origin of relegate
1Derived forms of relegate
- relegatable, adjective
- relegation, noun
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