transcription, транскрипция: [ relɪgeɪt ]
( relegates, relegating, relegated)
1.
If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position.
Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?...
VERB : V n to n
2.
If a sports team that competes in a league is relegated , it has to compete in a lower division in the next competition, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division. ( BRIT )
If Leigh lose, they’ll be relegated.
≠ promote
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
• rel‧ega‧tion
Relegation to the Third Division would prove catastrophic.
≠ promotion
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