relegate
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Alternative forms edit
- religate [17th century]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgāt, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (AU) (file)
Verb edit
relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)
- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
- (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
- (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
- (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
- (transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
- 1946 November and December, “A Veteran French Tank Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
- 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).
- 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
- 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.
- Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
- (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
- Antonym: promote
- After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- (transitive) Refer or submit.
- Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- (now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to exile
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to consign
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to refer
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References edit
- “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)
Etymology 2 edit
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”).
Alternative forms edit
- relagate [16th century]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgət, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
relegate (plural relegates)
- (history, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
References edit
- “†ˈrelegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- “†relegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)
Etymology 3 edit
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgət, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
relegate (not comparable)
References edit
- “†relegate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, June 2010)
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Adverb edit
relegate
- present adverbial passive participle of relegi
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
relegate
- inflection of relegare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
relegate f pl
Latin edit
Verb edit
relēgāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
relegate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of relegar combined with te