- 1relegate somebody/something (to something) to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before She was then relegated to the role of assistant. He relegated the incident to the back of his mind.
- 2[usually passive] relegate something (especially British English) to move a sports team, especially a football (soccer ) team, to a lower position within an official league opposite promote See related entries: Soccer Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘send into exile’): from Latin relegat- ‘sent away, referred’, from the verb relegare, from re- ‘again’ + legare ‘send’.
relegate
verbBrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they relegate BrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪt//
he / she / it relegates BrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪts//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪts//
past simple relegated BrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd//
past participle relegated BrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd//
-ing form relegating BrE BrE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪŋ//
SoccerCheck pronunciation: relegate
