relegate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Exile or banish to a particular place.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Rare
   • Reflexive

3. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

   Usage

   • Ancient-Rome
   • Historical
   • Transitive

   Examples

   Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].

4. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Remove or send to a place far away.

   Usage

   • Figurative
   • Transitive

5. Consign or assign. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • in extended use

   Synonyms

   debasedemotehumble

   Examples

   Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

   More examples (2)

   Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).

   A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.

6. Consign or assign. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • in extended use

7. Consign or assign. Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • in extended use

   Antonyms

   promote

   Examples

   After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

8. Refer or submit. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.

   Usage

   • Transitive

9. Refer or submit. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.

   Usage

   • Transitive

10. Refer or submit. Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

    Usage

    • Archaic
    • Transitive

Noun

1. A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Adjective

1. Relegated; exiled.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • not-comparable

Verb

1. refer to another person for decision or judgment

   Synonyms

   pass onsubmit

   Broader terms

   submit

   Examples

   She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues

2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   Synonyms

   demotebumpbreakkick downstairs

   Broader terms

   delegatedesignatedeputeassign

   Examples

   She was demoted because she always speaks up

   He was broken down to Sergeant

3. expel, as if by official decree

   Synonyms

   banishbar

   Broader terms

   expelthrow outkick out

   Examples

   he was banished from his own country

4. assign to a class or kind

   Synonyms

   classify

   Broader terms

   assignattribute

   Examples

   How should algae be classified?

   People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms