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relegate
/ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
verb 5noun 1adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
trying
VERB + RELEGATE
don't, drove
RELEGATE + NOUN
women
PREP.
into
ADV.
also
Definitions
verb
1
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
2
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
3
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 […].
4
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
5
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
1
A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
adj
1
Relegated; exiled.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].
Wiktionary02
Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
Wiktionary03
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).
Wiktionary04
Don't relegate me to the back office. I want to talk to the customers.
Tatoeba · #698896705
The same people trying to ban trans people are also trying to relegate women back into subservient positions as uncompensated homemakers.
Tatoeba · #11560986Usage Notes
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