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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "relay"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

to pass on information or messages from one place or person to another
Ditransitive: to relay information or a message to sb
to relay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please relay the updated schedule to all team members before the meeting.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϟāĻŋāĻŽ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to control or operate a system or device by using an electromechanical switch that opens and closes circuits
Transitive: to relay sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The elevator operation is relayed by a complex network of relays that manage the movement of the elevator car.
āϞāĻŋāĻĢāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āύ⧇āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to broadcast a program by receiving signals and passing them on
Transitive: to relay a program
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The radio station relayed the concert from the stadium.
āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧁āχāϚ

an electronic device that uses a small electrical current to control a larger current, acting like an automatic switch
relay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the motor overheated, the relay shut off the power to prevent damage.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽā§‹āϟāϰ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

the act or process of passing something from one person, group, or stage to another

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Relay of information is crucial during emergencies.
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āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇, āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ

an athletic race in track and field where teams of runners compete by sequentially passing a baton from one teammate to the next over a set distance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She anchored the relay team, bringing them from behind to victory.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a group of workers or participants who take turns to relieve another group

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Emergency services operate in relays to maintain coverage.
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a fresh team of draft animals or horses to replace weary animals in transport

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Stagecoaches switched relays at each station.

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