relegation

rel·e·gate

 (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.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	relegation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions delegating, relegating, delegation, deputation empowerment, authorisation, authorization - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant devolvement, devolution - the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
	2.	relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, assortment, categorisation, categorization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
	3.	relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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Translations

إنْزال درَجَة، إبْعاد

přeřazení

nedrykning

Abstieg

relegación

abaissementrelégation

stöîulækkun; fall á milli deilda

retrocessione

nedrykking

düşürme

降级

relegation

[ˌrelɪˈgeɪʃən] N (= demotion) → relegación f (Brit) (Sport) → descenso m

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relegation

[ˌrɛlɪˈgeɪʃ^ən] n (SPORT) [club, team] → relégation f

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relegation

n

(lit, fig: = downgrading) → Degradierung f; (Sport: of team) → Abstieg m; (of old toys, furniture etc) → Verbannung f (→ to in (+acc))

(= handing over, of matter, question) → Weiterleitung f (→ to an (+acc))

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relegation

[ˌrɛlɪˈgeɪʃ/ən] n (see vb) → relegazione f, retrocessione f

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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. relegeer يُنْزِل درَجَة понижавам relegar sestoupit absteigen rykke ned υποβιβάζωrelegar 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 degraderenforvise, rykke ned, degradereusunąć, zdegradować شړل، فرارول، لرى كول: ايسته كول، مو قوفول: ټيټول، ښكته غورزول: موظفول: دهيت په توګه استول 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

ˌreleˈgation noun

relegasie إنْزال درَجَة، إبْعاد понижение relegação přeřazení der Abstieg nedrykning υποβιβασμός relegación ümberpaigutus محول سازی putoaminen relégationירידה पदावनति, निर्वासन degradiranje, relegiranje száműz(et)és; vki elé utalás penurunan stöðulækkun; fall á milli deilda relegazione 格下げ 좌천 pažeminimas, perkėlimas (į žemesnę lygą) pazemināšana; pārcelšana zemākā kategorijā penurunan degradatieforvisning, nedrykking, degradering degradacja, zesłanie حواله 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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