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

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āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank
Transitive: to relegate sb to a lower rank or position
to relegate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's financial troubles forced them to relegate certain projects to a lower priority.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāύāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assign or submit to a particular person for appropriate action or treatment
Ditransitive: to relegate a task to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After receiving numerous complaints from customers, the company chose to relegate the matter to its customer service department.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to place or assign someone or something into a particular category
Transitive: to relegate sb/sth to a category
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After careful consideration, the hiring manager chose to relegate the candidate to the shortlist for further interviews.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āφāϰāĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to expel or exile someone as a form of punishment
Transitive: to relegate sb | to relegate sb somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In ancient Rome, the senate had the power to relegate political opponents.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āϰ⧋āĻŽā§‡, āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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