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to relegate
01
to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank
Transitive: to relegate sb to a lower rank or position
Examples
After the poor performance, the manager decided to relegate the employee to a lower position.
02
to assign or submit to a particular person for appropriate action or treatment
Ditransitive: to relegate a task to sb
Examples
The manager decided to relegate the task to the team leader for further review and implementation.
03
to place or assign someone or something into a particular category
Transitive: to relegate sb/sth to a category
Examples
The librarian decided to relegate the new books to the fiction section of the library.
04
to expel or exile someone as a form of punishment
Transitive: to relegate sb | to relegate sb somewhere
Examples
The king decided to relegate the traitorous nobleman to a remote island
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