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

Verb

[-gating, -gated]

1. to put in a less important position

2. to demote (a sports team) to a lower division: four clubs were relegated from the first division [Latin re- back + legare to send]

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

verb 2. banish, exile, expel, throw out, oust, deport, eject, expatriate

Translations

relegate [ˈrɛləgeɪt] vt → relegar;

(SPORT): to be relegated to → bajar a

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relegate [ˈrɛləgeɪt] vt → reléguer;

(Brit) (Sport);

to be relegated → descendre dans une division inférieure

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relegate [ˈrɛləgeɪt] vt (downgrade) → herunterstufen;

(Brit) (Sport);

to be relegated → absteigen

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relegate [ˈrɛləgeɪt] vt → relegare;

(SPORT): to be relegated → 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 siirtää 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, 내쫓다, 이관하다, (영국에서 축구팀을) 2군으로 밀어내다 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