Relegate
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights. obsolete
- 1 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Exile or banish to a particular place. transitive
- 2 assign to a class or kind wordnet
- 3 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. obsolete, rare, reflexive
- 4 assign to a lower position; reduce in rank wordnet
- 5 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate. Ancient-Rome, historical, transitive
"Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […]."
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- 6 expel, as if by official decree wordnet
- 7 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove or send to a place far away. figuratively, transitive
- 8 refer to another person for decision or judgment wordnet
- 9 Consign or assign.; Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority. transitive
"Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager."
- 10 Consign or assign.; Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification. transitive
- 11 Consign or assign.; Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division. transitive
"After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division."
- 12 Refer or submit.; Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof. transitive
- 13 Refer or submit.; Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate. transitive
- 14 Refer or submit.; Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose. archaic, transitive
- 1 Relegated; exiled. archaic, not-comparable
Example
More examples"Don't relegate me to the back office. I want to talk to the customers."
Etymology
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, 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 circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).