verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth (to sth) to give sb 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 [usuallypassive] (especially BrE) to move a sports team, especially a football team, to a lower position within an official LEAGUE
OPPPROMOTE
relegation noun [U]:
teams threatened with relegation
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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