RELEGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relegate mean? 

• RELEGATE (verb)
  The verb RELEGATE has 4 senses:

1. refer to another person for decision or judgment

2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

3. expel, as if by official decree

4. assign to a class or kind

  Familiarity information: RELEGATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELEGATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they relegate    ... he / she / it relegates   
Past simple: relegated   
Past participle: relegated   
-ing form: relegating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refer to another person for decision or judgment

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

pass on; relegate; submit

Context example:

She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues

Hypernyms (to "relegate" is one way to...):

submit (refer for judgment or consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

relegating; relegation (authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; relegate

Context example:

He was broken down to Sergeant

Hypernyms (to "relegate" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relegate"):

sideline (remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position)

reduce (bring to humbler or weaker state or condition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

relegation (the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Expel, as if by official decree

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

banish; bar; relegate

Context example:

he was banished from his own country

Hypernyms (to "relegate" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relegate"):

spike (stand in the way of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

relegation (mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Assign to a class or kind

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

classify; relegate

Context example:

People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms

Hypernyms (to "relegate" is one way to...):

assign; attribute (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

relegation (the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category)

 Context examples 

My function is to amuse, and so long as I amuse all goes well; but let him become bored, or let him have one of his black moods come upon him, and at once I am relegated from cabin table to galley, while, at the same time, I am fortunate to escape with my life and a whole body.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)