Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relegate

/ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: rel-e-gate
IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Transitive verb

verb

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Obsolete

verb

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Transitive verb

verb

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Transitive verb

verb

Consign or assign.

Transitive verb

verb

Consign or assign.

Transitive verb

verb

Consign or assign.

Transitive verb

verb

Refer or submit.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […]."
"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)."
"A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield."
"After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division."

Etymology

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: relēgātus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
British English: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

relegates (present, singular) relegating (participle, present) relegated (participle, past) relegated (past) religate (alternative) relegates (plural) relagate (alternative) relegat (alternative) religait (alternative)

Derived Forms

misrelegate relegated relegating relegator

Frequently Paired Words

relegation

Synonyms

debase demote humble abase bring down to size cut down to size defame degrade demean depress discredit disgrace

Antonyms

promote

Rhymes With

delegate

Questions

How do you pronounce relegate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/.
What does relegate mean?: Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Where does relegate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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