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rel·e·gate

 (rĕl′ĭ-gāt′)
tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates
1. To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition: an artist's work that is now relegated to storerooms; a group that has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens.
2. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action: relegate the teaching of writing to graduate students; relegate the matter to a committee.
[Middle English relegaten, to banish, from Latin relēgāre, relēgāt- : re-, re- + lēgāre, to send, depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
rel′e·ga′tion n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.relegation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisionsrelegation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
delegating, relegating, delegation, deputation
empowerment, authorisation, authorization - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
devolvement, devolution - the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
2.relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, assortment, categorisation, categorization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
3.relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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Translations
إنْزال درَجَة، إبْعاد
přeřazení
nedrykning
stöîulækkun; fall á milli deilda
düşürme

relegation

[ˌrelɪˈgeɪʃən] N (= demotion) → relegación f (Brit) (Sport) → descenso m
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relegation

[ˌrɛlɪˈgeɪʃən] n (SPORT) [club, team] → relégation f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

relegation

n
(lit, fig: = downgrading) → Degradierung f; (Sport: of team) → Abstieg m; (of old toys, furniture etc) → Verbannung f (→ to in (+acc))
(= handing over, of matter, question) → Weiterleitung f (→ to an (+acc))
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

relegation

[ˌrɛlɪˈgeɪʃ/ən] n (see vb) → relegazione f, retrocessione f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

relegate

(ˈreligeit) verb
to put down to a lower grade, position etc. The local football team has been relegated to the Second Division.
ˌreleˈgation noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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