Relegate
verb
To move someone or something to a lower or less important level or position.
The team has been relegated to the second division.
Often appears as...
- relegate to a lower position
- relegate to secondary status
verb
To assign a task, duty, or responsibility.
He relegated the less interesting tasks to his assistant.
Often appears as...
- relegate tasks
- relegate responsibilities
verb
To send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
She felt relegated to the role of a maid in her own house.
Often appears as...
- relegate to inferior position
- relegate to obscurity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
To move someone or something to a lower or less important level or position.
The team has been relegated to the second division.
Often appears as...
- relegate to a lower position
- relegate to secondary status
verb
To assign a task, duty, or responsibility.
He relegated the less interesting tasks to his assistant.
Often appears as...
- relegate tasks
- relegate responsibilities
verb
To send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
She felt relegated to the role of a maid in her own house.
Often appears as...
- relegate to inferior position
- relegate to obscurity
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Usage
Often used to describe teams being moved down in leagues due to performance.
After a dismal season, the club was relegated to a lower league.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Used in workplaces to describe demotion or loss of status.
Due to the restructure, Dan was relegated from manager to a team member.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Can be neutral, indicating a change in focus rather than a demotion.
The project was relegated to the background during the budget crisis.
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How we can eat our...
so that our children start to walk past their food day in day out on our high streets in our parks wherever that might inspire local planners to put the food sights at the heart of the tone and the city plan not relegate them to the edges of the settlements that nobody can see I encourage all our schools to take this
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The historic women’s...
Paul proposed a massive pageant to whip up support and rejuvenate the movement. Washington authorities initially rejected her plan- and then tried to relegate the march to side streets. But Paul got those decisions overturned and confirmed a parade for the day before the presidential inauguration
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Pam Warhurst: How we can...
in our parks, wherever that might be. Inspire local planners to put the food sites at the heart of the town and the city plan, not relegate them to the edges of the settlements that nobody can see. Encourage all our schools to take this seriously. This isn't a second class exercise.
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In the Internet age,...
And it seems like those dance heroes have disappeared, sort of relegated to the background of pop stars and music videos. But after seeing what I've seen, the truth is, they have not disappeared at all. They're here, getting better and better every day. And dance has progressed.
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Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
that opened up a world of new possibilities I also learned how to ski and being her being loosely based in Colorado this was a natural thing for me to do but now that I knew how to ski I was no longer relegated to slow shoes ok snowshoes and and I in the winter in the
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Louise Fresco on feeding...
working without electricity and water, to try to improve their food production -- we relegate them to poverty. What they want are implements to increase their something to fertilize the soil, something to protect their crop and to bring it to a market.
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The Kangaroo is the...
will often stop breeding altogether they'll resume having offspring once resources become stable kangaroo mothers tend to give birth to females first relegating males to later in life no one knows exactly how or why they do
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Am I not human? A call...
That's the people work I care about, because people work. Family, I'm asking you to do the hard work, the difficult work, the churning work of bestowing undeserved kindness upon those who we can relegate as garbage,
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Disability does not...
of the key takeaways you know first it's incredibly upsetting to me and just mind-boggling how many of the experts good experts were completely wrong and very quick to relegate children like Oliver to this life of
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How I unlearned...
With my parents having to split the cost of a totaled vehicle, I was relegated to a summer of household chores and no sports. No sports meant no respect.
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How we can eat our...
so that our children start to walk past their food day in day out on our high streets in our parks wherever that might inspire local planners to put the food sights at the heart of the tone and the city plan not relegate them to the edges of the settlements that nobody can see I encourage all our schools to take this
Video examples
The historic women’s...
Paul proposed a massive pageant to whip up support and rejuvenate the movement. Washington authorities initially rejected her plan- and then tried to relegate the march to side streets. But Paul got those decisions overturned and confirmed a parade for the day before the presidential inauguration
Video examples
Pam Warhurst: How we can...
in our parks, wherever that might be. Inspire local planners to put the food sites at the heart of the town and the city plan, not relegate them to the edges of the settlements that nobody can see. Encourage all our schools to take this seriously. This isn't a second class exercise.
Video examples
In the Internet age,...
And it seems like those dance heroes have disappeared, sort of relegated to the background of pop stars and music videos. But after seeing what I've seen, the truth is, they have not disappeared at all. They're here, getting better and better every day. And dance has progressed.
Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
that opened up a world of new possibilities I also learned how to ski and being her being loosely based in Colorado this was a natural thing for me to do but now that I knew how to ski I was no longer relegated to slow shoes ok snowshoes and and I in the winter in the
Video examples
Louise Fresco on feeding...
working without electricity and water, to try to improve their food production -- we relegate them to poverty. What they want are implements to increase their something to fertilize the soil, something to protect their crop and to bring it to a market.
Video examples
The Kangaroo is the...
will often stop breeding altogether they'll resume having offspring once resources become stable kangaroo mothers tend to give birth to females first relegating males to later in life no one knows exactly how or why they do
Video examples
Am I not human? A call...
That's the people work I care about, because people work. Family, I'm asking you to do the hard work, the difficult work, the churning work of bestowing undeserved kindness upon those who we can relegate as garbage,
Video examples
Disability does not...
of the key takeaways you know first it's incredibly upsetting to me and just mind-boggling how many of the experts good experts were completely wrong and very quick to relegate children like Oliver to this life of
Video examples
How I unlearned...
With my parents having to split the cost of a totaled vehicle, I was relegated to a summer of household chores and no sports. No sports meant no respect.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics.
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Erika Christensen
American Actress
For the first six years of my career, I was relegated to those girl-next-door, sweet, cheerleader kind of roles, and it was really frustrating for me because you don't have to do much acting.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man's organ of grasp and of the sense of touch, while in animals these two functions are relegated to the mouth.
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Steve Bruce
English Manager
One of the hardest parts of management is trying to bring a club back after it's been relegated because there is a lot of doom and gloom around, especially among supporters.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.
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Paul Dini
American Writer
Quite often in comic book movies, very good actresses are relegated to being the girlfriend or the helper or the sidekick or something.
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Ethan Hawke
American Actor
We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.
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Patrick Bamford
English Athlete
Relegation hurts, of course. It's one of the things that you will keep forever. But you have to move on as soon as you can.
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Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.
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Paul Scholes
English Athlete
When a team is relegated, a new leader can help turn the page at a club.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics.
Quote examples
Erika Christensen
American Actress
For the first six years of my career, I was relegated to those girl-next-door, sweet, cheerleader kind of roles, and it was really frustrating for me because you don't have to do much acting.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man's organ of grasp and of the sense of touch, while in animals these two functions are relegated to the mouth.
Quote examples
Steve Bruce
English Manager
One of the hardest parts of management is trying to bring a club back after it's been relegated because there is a lot of doom and gloom around, especially among supporters.
Quote examples
Ice Cube
American Musician
Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.
Quote examples
Paul Dini
American Writer
Quite often in comic book movies, very good actresses are relegated to being the girlfriend or the helper or the sidekick or something.
Quote examples
Ethan Hawke
American Actor
We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.
Quote examples
Patrick Bamford
English Athlete
Relegation hurts, of course. It's one of the things that you will keep forever. But you have to move on as soon as you can.
Quote examples
Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.
Quote examples
Paul Scholes
English Athlete
When a team is relegated, a new leader can help turn the page at a club.
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