to relay
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3.5
- verb
- /rɪˈleɪ/
:
transmitir
- If you guys hear anything, will you please be sure to relay that to us?
- relay messages
- relay information
- relay data
He's like the guy in the bar who's relaying a story about some fish that he caught.
- He's like the guy in the bar who's relaying a story about some fish that he caught.
- Like he all these stories he's relaying to us now took him a long time to come up with right?
- Then from there the satellite ducks can be spread out around to send messages or relay them back to the main duck.
- But he's also wanting the victim to relay that, you know, he is from the Bakersfield area, which he wasn't.
- Apparently Travels insurance does something like this, but instead of it being the car that's relaying the information back to the insurer, it's an app.
- And let me just relay back, I'm not sure I can tell the full company name yet, but soon we will.
- And he's talking on the radio, He's got comms up, and he's trying to relay the situation, which says a lot about that dude.
- And the company commander spoke broken English, but English enough where he would relay to his unit that would be maneuvering to a new position.
Examples
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Just tell me your concerns and I'll relay them.
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"I've finished here," Bechtel tells the guard, who relays the information over his comlink.
Fiction book (1993) -
With a heavy heart, he proceeded to relay the events of that afternoon on the street.
Fiction book (1990) -
Essentially these guys need to relay large volumes of data.
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My request for contacts was automatically relayed to more than 300 members of that discussion group.
Academic text (1993) -
Neurotransmitters are chemicals that relay messages from one neuron to another through synapses.
Academic text (1997) -
From what the rescue team relayed to my office and what I have here in my notes, you say that you were with two other survivors, a Cole and Kody.
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Can you relay a message to him when you see him?
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If you hear any updates, please relay them to us as soon as possible.
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Please relay my instructions to the team during the meeting.
Synonyms
755
1.0
To give something to another person
602
3.2
Show a program to many people on radio or television
325
2.0
Send sound or information from one place to another
199
3.4
To send information, ideas, or feelings to someone
169
3.7
To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease
134
2.7
To give something to another person, often information or a message
76
2.5
Give news, a message, or something you received to another person
13
3.2
To forward something to its final place
5
3.2
Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email
4
2.0
Make information spread among many people
2
3.4
Pass a disease from one person or animal to another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.7
A device that picks up and sends a signal to make it stronger or reach farther
4
1.9
A race between teams where each runner runs part of the distance and passes a baton
- Specialized
1
4.5
A device that uses a small current to switch another circuit on or off
- Specialized
A switch that stays in one of two positions without power and changes when briefly given electricity
- Specialized
A device that stays on or off after being switched, even when control power is removed
- Specialized
An electric switch that goes back to its normal position when power is off
- Specialized
A small electric switch that changes when you press a button and stays that way until pressed again
- Specialized
An electrical switch that stays in its last on or off position without power
- Specialized
A device that makes weak radio or phone signals stronger and sends them on
- Specialized
An electrical switch that stays in the same position when power is removed
How Widely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Relay as a verb follows the 'pass on' image: re- 'again' plus a root meaning 'to put' gives the idea of taking a message and putting it into the hands of the next person. So to relay information is to receive it and then pass it on.