relegate
English
WOTD – 6 January 2012
Etymology 1
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Alternative forms
- religate [17th century]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgāt, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡeɪt/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file)
Verb
relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)
- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
- (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
- (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
- 2002, Mark Morford, The Roman Philosophers, →ISBN, page 183:
- Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […] .
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- (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
- (transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
- 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
- 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.
- Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
- (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
- Antonym: promote
- After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- (transitive) Refer or submit.
- Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- (now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
Derived terms
- relegated, relegating
Related terms
- relegation
Translations
to exile
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to consign
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to refer
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References
- “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)
Etymology 2
First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Alternative forms
- relagate [16th century]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgət, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
relegate (plural relegates)
- (historical, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
References
- “†ˈrelegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- “†relegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)
Etymology 3
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
Alternative forms
- relegat [15th century]
- religait (Scots, [16th century])
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕʹlĭgət, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
relegate (not comparable)
- (archaic) Relegated; exiled.
References
- “†relegate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, June 2010)
Anagrams
- regelate
Esperanto
Adverb
relegate
- present adverbial passive participle of relegi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.leˈɡa.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: re‧le‧gà‧te
Verb
relegate
- inflection of relegare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
relegate f pl
- feminine plural of relegato
Latin
Verb
relēgāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of relēgō