RELEGATE
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)
Meaning:
Refer to another person for decision or judgment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
relegate; pass on; submit
Context example:
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Hypernyms (to "relegate" is one way to...):
subject; submit (refer for judgment or consideration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
kick downstairs; demote; relegate; bump; break
Context examples:
She was demoted because she always speaks up / 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
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
Meaning:
Assign to a class or kind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
classify; relegate
Context examples:
How should algae be classified? / 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
