Relegate means assign to a lower position. If the quarterback of the football team stops making decent throws he might be relegated to the position of benchwarmer, while another kid is given the chance to play.
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
Verb
assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
Verb
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"
Verb
expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
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refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
v. t.
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to
consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
Relegate
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar.
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
Usage Examples
I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.
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Other Usage ExamplesYou're going to relegate my history to a month.
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