Dictionary Entry
relegate
relegate is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
- 2verb
assign to a class or kind
"How should algae be classified?"
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
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- 3verb
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
"He was broken down to Sergeant"
- 4verb
expel, as if by official decree
"he was banished from his own country"
- 5verb
refer to another person for decision or judgment
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
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