EGAVE

relegate

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Exile or banish to a particular place. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate. Remove or send to a place far away.
  2. verb Exile or banish to a particular place.
  3. verb Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
  4. verb Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
  5. verb Remove or send to a place far away.
  6. verb 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.
  7. verb 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.
  8. verb Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

Similar words

banish submit demote pass on break bump bar kick downstairs abandon expel

Often followed by

the to it them him all this women their her

Word family

relegated relegates relegating relegation relegations

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