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Meanings of relegate in English

Portuguese
expulsar
Catalan
exiliar

To accept no longer in a community, group or country, e.g. by official decree.

        expulsar
        Spanish
        transmitir

        Refer to another person for decision or judgment.

              transmitir

              Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.

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                  Assign to a class or kind.

                        Usage of relegate in English
                        1
                        We still relegate women's work to the domestic, the interior, the personal.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        Burnham's plan would again relegate clinicians to the back benches of commissioning.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Breaking: Dundee relegate rivals Dundee United -boyhood fan side-footshome last-minutewinner.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        To begin with, we must relegate selection to its proper place.
                        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
                        5
                        He decided to relegate it into the category of unimportant events.
                        South Wind
                        6
                        On the other hand, we shall not relegate the old to an almshouse.
                        The Jewish State
                        7
                        I must relegate her to the fog she came out of.
                        The Lure of the Mask
                        8
                        I helped to relegate Sunderland when I was a City player.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        Saturation coverage of the Clintons' itinerary would surely relegate developments at Dublin Castle.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        Now we relegate knee-breeches to fancy dress balls and Court functions.
                        Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
                        11
                        Our economic conditions still relegate many men to a servile status.
                        Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
                        12
                        Meanwhile, read this-agreeingto relegate discussion of it to a less hungry season.
                        Deadham Hard: A Romance
                        13
                        CGI-thatrelegate some of the Max Rebo Band members to near-obscurity.
                        Wired
                        14
                        He insists on doing himself what another director would relegate to a second unit.
                        George A. Romero: Interviews
                        15
                        Rigorists, and devotees of antiquity, relegate the perfect fourth to the list of dissonances.
                        Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
                        16
                        New York does not even relegate this emblem to the top of the column.
                        Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment
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                        Translations for relegate
                        Portuguese
                        expulsar
                        Spanish
                        transmitir
                        Relegate through the time
                        Relegate across language varieties
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