I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pass on/relay/deliver a message (= give someone a message from someone else )
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I asked Rob if he would pass on a message for me.
relay race
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
race
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Such leaders are all members of a spiritual relay race handing on the messianic baton it seems.
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Our marriage has been like a relay race .
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Each member of the relay race needs to entice others to be on the team.
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We were the baton in a relay race to war.
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He ran forward, holding his torch out straight in front of him, like the very last runner in some crazy relay race .
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Newcastle won six of the 12 relay races and easily took the top club trophy with 220 points.
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It moves from department to department in a pre-arranged sequence like the baton in a relay race .
station
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On the third night they stopped at an inn which was attached to a relay station .
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When asked the mission of the base, Braeuninger gives his stock response: it is simply a relay station .
team
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Increasingly intruding into those thoughts, though, was the composition of the relay team .
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The relay team was firing back down into the division.
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I will further provoke him by saying that anchor-man is a most fitting name for his role in the relay team .
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It shows the world-record-setting 400 freestyle relay team on a victory stand.
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Days, months, years, and so on were all members of relay teams marching through eternity.
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Lewis is widely regarded as the greatest anchor-leg sprinter ever, having anchored six world-record 400-meter relay teams .
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Our relay team was disqualified in the opening round of the 4 × 100 metres relay.
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Younger relay team members have squawked over Lewis possibly bumping them off the squad.
■ VERB
run
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It has been a dream of mine since I was a little boy to run on a relay team with Carl Lewis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the 4 x 100 meter relay
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In the 4x200 meter relay , he took the baton trailing two other anchors by 12 meters.
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Lewis is widely regarded as the greatest anchor-leg sprinter ever, having anchored six world-record 400-meter relay teams.
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The final event of the meeting was the 4 × 400 metres relay .
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The marathon relay , aided by excellent weather, was completed three hours inside the team's self-imposed limit of 12 days.
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Whether he runs in these Olympics, Lewis is recognized as the greatest anchorman in relay history.
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Williams took fourth place, which he interpreted as a guaranteed spot in the 4x100 relay final.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
information
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They do not then relay all the information to the passengers, for to do so would serve no useful purpose.
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At those meetings, he said, the commissioners can relay information to the council and get direction from the lawmakers.
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It is hoped that the businessmen will relay the information to their employees.
message
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There are no layers of middle managers relaying messages - the environment is perfect for communication and intuition.
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He was more likely to call Rob and relay a message .
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The priest, standing in front of them, was relaying Siward's message , which contained words he thought he had forgotten.
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By 1914, they had set up a system of relaying messages from coast to coast.
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The Chair of the plenary session, Inez McCormack opened the afternoon session by relaying some messages to the conference.
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Freedman said he would relay the message .
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Some one who relays messages and passes on little notes.
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They will verbally relay the daily messages from home and transmit back her responses.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mendoza relayed the news as soon as he returned to the base.
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Once the information is recorded, it will be relayed to mission control.
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The speaker opened the session by relaying some messages to the conference.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At those meetings, he said, the commissioners can relay information to the council and get direction from the lawmakers.
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He was more likely to call Rob and relay a message.
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I wanted to relay all the twists and turns of my investigation.
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They will verbally relay the daily messages from home and transmit back her responses.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was more likely to call Rob and relay a message.
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I wanted to relay all the twists and turns of my investigation.
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The flags are now to be numbered and lifted, and will then be relaid on a waterproof membrane.
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They will verbally relay the daily messages from home and transmit back her responses.
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This enabled much of the Promenade track to be relaid during the 1970s and the Fleetwood track in 1982-3.