relegate
US: /ˈɹɛɫəˌɡeɪt/
UK: /ɹˈɛlɪɡˌeɪt/
UK: /ɹˈɛlɪɡˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
relegate /'religeit/
- ngoại động từ
- loại bỏ, bỏ xó, bỏ riêng ra
- to relegate a worthless book to the wastepaper-basket: vứt bỏ cuốn sách tồi vào sọt giấy loại
- giao cho (ai để quyết định hoặc thi hành...)
- to relegate matter to someone: giao vấn đề cho ai (để quyết định hoặc thi hành)
- chuyển (ai) đến (nơi nào, người nào...) để tìm hiểu thêm
- đổi (viên chức) đi xa; đày ải
- hạ tầng
- to be relegated to an inferior position: bị hạ tầng công tác
- loại bỏ, bỏ xó, bỏ riêng ra
Advanced English dictionary
+ 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 [usually passive] (especially BrE) to move a sports team, especially a football team, to a lower position within an official LEAGUE
Antonym: PROMOTE
relegation noun [U]: teams threatened with relegation
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 consign, banish, exile, transfer, dispatch or despatch:
Owing to his disagreement with the Foreign Office, Kendall was relegated to some outpost in the Indian Ocean
2 downgrade, demote:
I fear that Corporal Jones has been relegated to private.
3 assign, commit, hand over, refer, transfer, pass on:
She relegates most of her everyday correspondence to her secretary for reply.
Concise English dictionary
relegates|relegated|relegating'relɪgeɪt
verb
+refer to another person for decision or judgment
+assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
+expel, as if by official decree
+assign to a class or kind
