RELAY


Meaning of RELAY in English

(~ed)

1.

A ~ or a ~ race is a race between two or more teams, for example teams of runners or swimmers. Each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race.

Britain’s prospects of beating the United States in the ~ looked poor.

N-COUNT

2.

To ~ television or radio signals means to send them or broadcast them.

The satellite will be used mainly to ~ television programmes...

This system continuously monitors levels of radiation and ~s the information to a central computer...

VERB: V n, V n to/from n

3.

If you ~ something that has been said to you, you repeat it to another person. (FORMAL)

She ~ed the message, then frowned...

= pass on

VERB: V n

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