āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
relegate
/ÉšËÉlÉĒÉĄËeâÉĒt/
to relegate
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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻĒāĻĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank
Transitive: to relegate sb to a lower rank or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's financial troubles forced them to relegate certain projects to a lower priority.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ
āĻā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāύāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to assign or submit to a particular person for appropriate action or treatment
Ditransitive: to relegate a task to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After receiving numerous complaints from customers, the company chose to relegate the matter to its customer service department.
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āϏāĻāĻā§āϝ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to place or assign someone or something into a particular category
Transitive: to relegate sb/sth to a category
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After careful consideration, the hiring manager chose to relegate the candidate to the shortlist for further interviews.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻāϰāĻ āϏāĻžāĻā§āώāĻžāϤā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻļāϰā§āĻāϞāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to expel or exile someone as a form of punishment
Transitive: to relegate sb | to relegate sb somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In ancient Rome, the senate had the power to relegate political opponents.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āϰā§āĻŽā§, āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
relegating
relegate
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