relegate
relegate
Definition
rel·egate (rel′ə gāt′)
transitive verb -·gat′·ed, -·gat′·ing
- to exile or banish (someone) to a specified place
- to consign or assign to an inferior position: usually with to
- to assign to a class, sphere, realm, etc.; classify as belonging to a certain order of things
- to refer, commit, or hand over for decision, action, etc.
Etymology: < L relegatus, pp. of relegare, to send away < re-, away, back + legare, to send: see legate
rel′·ega′·tion noun
relegate
Synonyms
relegate
v.
relegate
Usage Examples
Object
- club: They ended the season four points clear of the last relegated club Huddersfield Town.
- season: I've always had a soft spot for Dundee & was sorry to see you got relegated last season.
- side: Town play other relegated side West Brom on 14th October.
- team: The defenses were pitiful, reminding me of defenses from relegated teams of recent years.
- year: Article continues The women were relegated two years ago only to bounce back at the first attempt in 2005.
- Aussie: Finally, in heat fifteen, Richardson relegated the Aussie to second spot.
Preposition: at
- end: Carlisle quickly returned to Division Three, relegated at the end of the 1995/96 season.
Modifying Another Word
- newly: For the first of three opening games against Ryman Premier newcomers the Dons took on newly relegated local rivals Carshalton Athletic at Colston Avenue.
- eventually: However, the Slovenian eventually relegated Hawkins to fourth with a clever cut-back pass on the rear straight of the fourth lap.
- immediately: They were immediately relegated and, this time, have found it tough back in the Championship.
- again: He moved to West Brom in January last season and then got relegated again!
- automatically: U16 failed to attend first round match, automatically relegated to Division 3 south, and fined £ 100.
- already: Two second half goals from Kenny Miller secured victory for Wolves against an already relegated Rotherham side.
Preposition: in
- season: The Clarets, having been relegated in the first season under Adamson's management were marching back to the first division with some style.
- favor: Creative subjects such as art, geography and music were relegated in favor of English, maths and science, he said.
Preposition: from
- division: The Swans, who were relegated from division two this season, struggled with 10 men for most of the game.
- flight: Relegation - The Reds have only been relegated from the top flight on three occasions.
- conference: Despite regularly scoring throughout 1999/2000, Sammy's goals could not prevent Sutton being relegated from the Conference.
- league: Thankfully you can't be relegated from the fair play league.
Preposition: for
- time: Sadly, Boroughmuir were relegated for the first time on the last day of the 1998/99 season.
Browse dictionary entries near relegate
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- reliability
- reliable
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