relegate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ UK /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #115587

Meanings

1

verb
To move someone or something to a lower or less important position.

After the argument, his ideas were relegated to the bottom of the list.
2

verb
To move a sports team down to a lower division.

The club was relegated after losing its final match of the season.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to move someone or... demotedowngradebump

Word family

Forms relegatedrelegatesrelegating

Derived forms misrelegaterelegatedrelegatingrelegator

Related forms relegation

Etymology

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”).

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# relegate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 115587

## Meanings
1. To move someone or something to a lower or less important position.
2. To move a sports team down to a lower division.

## Examples
- After the argument, his ideas were relegated to the bottom of the list.
- The club was relegated after losing its final match of the season.

## Derived Forms
- misrelegate
- relegated
- relegating
- relegator

## Related Forms
- relegation

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Relegate is 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”). Current senses include to move someone or something to a lower or less important position and to move a sports team down to a lower division. The wider family includes derived forms such as misrelegate, relegated, relegating, and relegator; related words such as relegation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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