adj
Meaning 1
Relegated; exiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
relegate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: rĕʹlĭgət
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
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Received-Pronunciation: rĕʹlĭgāt
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Exile or banish to a particular place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: done to a person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, reflexive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome, historical, transitive
Qualifier: done to a person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Remove or send to a place far away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
Consign or assign.
Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debase, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, defame, degrade, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disparage, downgrade, embase, give a bad name, humiliate, knock down to size, put someone in their place, reduce, relegate, sink, slur, trim down to size, whittle down to size
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
Consign or assign.
Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
Consign or assign.
Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
Examples
- After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: promote
verb
Meaning 10
Refer or submit.
Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
Refer or submit.
Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
Refer or submit.
Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
assign to a class or kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- How should algae be classified?
- People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: classify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assign, attribute
verb
Meaning 14
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demote, bump, break, kick downstairs
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delegate, designate, depute, assign
Narrower terms: sideline, reduce
verb
Meaning 15
expel, as if by official decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was banished from his own country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: banish, bar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out
Narrower terms: spike
verb
Meaning 16
refer to another person for decision or judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pass on, submit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: submit, subject
History
Etymology
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отпращам (otpraštam) — to exile
- Dutch: bannen — to exile
- Dutch: verbannen — to exile
- Dutch: relegeren — to exile
- Finnish: karkottaa — to exile
- French: reléguer — to exile
- German: verbannen — to exile
- German: fortschicken — to exile
- German: absetzen — to exile
- German: relegieren — to exile
- Japanese: 追い払う (oiharau) — to exile
- Māori: tū(w)hiti — to exile
- Māori: whakapako — to exile
- Russian: ссылать (ssylatʹ) — to exile
- Russian: изгонять (izgonjatʹ) — to exile
- Russian: отстранять (otstranjatʹ) — to exile
- Russian: отдалять (otdaljatʹ) — to exile
- Spanish: relegar — to exile
- Bulgarian: разжалвам (razžalvam) — to consign
- Finnish: alentaa — to consign
- Finnish: sijoittaa — to consign
- German: zurückstufen — to consign
- German: herabsetzen — to consign
- German: degradieren — to consign
- German: zurückversetzen — to consign
- German: herabstufen — to consign
- German: absteigen lassen — to consign
- German: einstufen — to consign
- German: zuweisen — to consign
- Japanese: 格下げする (kakusage suru) — to consign
- Japanese: 降格させる (kōkaku saseru) — to consign
- Norwegian: degradere — to consign
- Russian: низводить (nizvoditʹ) — to consign
- Russian: разжаловать (razžalovatʹ) — to consign
- Russian: относить (otnositʹ) — to consign
- Bulgarian: препращам (prepraštam) — to refer
- Finnish: siirtää — to refer
- German: zuweisen — to refer
- Russian: отсылать (otsylatʹ) — to refer