relegate (redirected from relegates)

rel·e·gate  (rl-gt)

tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates

1. To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition.

2. To assign to a particular class or category; classify. See Synonyms at commit.

3. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.

4. To send to a place of exile; banish.

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

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rele·gation n.

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relegate [ˈrɛlɪˌgeɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to move to a position of less authority, importance, etc.; demote

2. (General Sporting Terms) (usually passive) Chiefly Brit to demote (a football team, etc.) to a lower division

3. to assign or refer (a matter) to another or others, as for action or decision

4. (foll by to) to banish or exile

5. to assign (something) to a particular group or category

[from Latin relēgāre to send away, from re- + lēgāre to send]

relegatable  adj

relegation  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	relegate - refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" pass on, submit submit, 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, break assign, 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, bar expel, 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" classify attribute, assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

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relegate

verb

1. 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

Translations

relegate [ˈrelɪgeɪt] VT

1. (= demote) [+ person, old furniture] → relegar
the news had been relegated to the inside pages → la noticia había sido relegada a las páginas interiores

2. (Brit) (Sport) [+ team] they were relegated to the second division → bajaron or descendieron a segunda división

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relegate [ˈrɛlɪgeɪt] vt

(= put in less important position) → reléguer
to relegate sth/sb to sth → reléguer qch/qn à qch

(SPORT) to be relegated [club, team] → être relégué(e)

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relegate

vt

(lit, fig: = downgrade) → degradieren; (Sport) team → absteigen lassen (→ to in +acc); old toys, furniture → verbannen (→ to in +acc); to be relegated (Sport) → absteigen; relegated to second place (fig) → an zweite Stelle abgeschoben or verbannt

(= hand over) matter, question → weiterleiten (→ to an +acc)

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relegate [ˈrɛlɪˌgeɪt] vt (demote) → relegare (Sport) → (far) retrocedere
to be relegated (team) → essere retrocesso/a

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relegate

v relegate [ˈreligeit]

to put down to a lower grade, position etc The local football team has been relegated to the Second Division. relegeer يُنْزِل درَجَة понижавам sestoupit rykke ned absteigen υποβιβάζω relegar ümber paigutama ؛ واگذار کردنتنزل رتبه و غیره دادن pudota reléguer לְהוֹרִיד अवनति करना, काम सौंपना relegirati, degradirati lejjebb sorol menurunkan lækka í stöðu; fella á milli deilda relegare 格下げする 좌천시키다 pažeminti, perkelti (į žemesnę lygą) pazemināt; pārcelt zemākā kategorijā diturunkan degraderen forvise, rykke ned, degradere usunąć, zdegradować relegar a retro­grada низводить klesnúť, degradovať premestiti (na nižje mesto) degradirati förvisa, degradera, flytta ner ลดตำแหน่ง düşürmek 降級 переводити до нижчої категорії گرا دینا xuống hạng 降级

n releˈgation

relegasie إنْزال درَجَة، إبْعاد понижение přeřazení nedrykning der Abstieg υποβιβασμός relegación ümberpaigutus محول سازی siirto relégation יְרִידָה पदावनति, निर्वासन degradiranje, relegiranje száműz(et)és; vki elé utalás penurunan stöðulækkun; fall á milli deilda relegazione 格下げ 좌천, 추방, 이관, 강등(降等) pažeminimas, perkėlimas (į žemesnę lygą) pazemināšana; pārcelšana zemākā kategorijā penurunan degradatie forvisning, nedrykking, degradering degradacja, zesłanie relegação retrogradare понижение preradenie izključitev, izgon degradacija förvisning, degradering, nedflyttning การลดตำแหน่ง düşürme 降級 переведення до нижчої категорії اخراج sự xuống hạng 降级

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relegate → يُبْعِد degradovat forvise degradieren υποβιβάζω relegar alentaa reléguer relegirati relegare 左遷する 좌천시키다 deporteren degradere wydalić relegar низводить relegera ลดตำแหน่ง daha önemsiz bir göreve kaydırmak giáng chức 降级