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relegate
What does relegate mean?
relegate (verb): consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce relegate?
/ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does relegate come from?
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to relegate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “relegate” mean?
to make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known
Not quite: that's what divulge means.
to grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat
Not quite: that's what wrestle means.
consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority
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to make (something) unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required)
Not quite: that's what obviate means.
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