relegate

UK /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ US /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

verb 5noun 1adj 1

Definitions

verb

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Consign or assign.

Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).

noun

A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

adj

Relegated; exiled.

Collocations

ADJ.

trying

VERB + RELEGATE

don't, drove

RELEGATE + NOUN

women

PREP.

into

ADV.

also

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — assign to a class or kind

classify

verb — assign to a lower position

verb — expel, as if by official decree

verb — refer to another person for decision or judgment

submit

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].

Wiktionary

Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

Wiktionary

Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).

Wiktionary

Don't relegate me to the back office. I want to talk to the customers.

Tatoeba · #6988967

The same people trying to ban trans people are also trying to relegate women back into subservient positions as uncompensated homemakers.

Tatoeba · #11560986

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, relegate is marked as obsolete, figuratively, archaic, rare, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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