to relegate

Examples

• All

• In addition, the fate of the 1948 refugees is relegated to final status negotiations.

  Academic text (1994)

• And without a crisis, politicians relegate the issue to the back burner.

  Academic text (2012)

• You don't; the minute you do, you give them the power and relegate your rights to privileges.

  Blog text (9)

• Are all of these debates to be relegated to quiet rooms?

  Blog text (31)

• The boss of that jail has been awarded after Bill Barr said this guy should be relegated to a desk job.

• The destiny of the people is relegated to an authority that cannot be resisted.

  Blog text (2)

• What good is it to coach kids when my colleagues later relegated the national trophies to the attic?

  Fiction book (1997)

• To what extent can medical directors and attending physicians relegate duties to nonphysician providers and achieve similar or improved resident outcomes?

  Academic text (1995)

• In this case, women's subordination also means that they are relegated to the jurisdiction of the customary that the new state seeks to leave behind.

  Academic text (2017)

• Therefore, a party seeking to resist an arbitration clause was relegated to state law grounds for challenging an agreement on the bases of fraud, duress, and unconscionability.

  Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

S

to submit

vsto relegate

• Formal

325 3.7

To give a form or application for someone to consider

involves assigning matters to another person to make the decision

R

to refer

vsto relegate

324 3.0

Send someone to another person for help, information or a decision

is more formal and focuses on assigning matters for official judgment

P

to pass on

vsto relegate

134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

focuses specifically on sending matters for formal consideration or judgment

D

to delegate

vsto relegate

45 3.7

To give a job and authority to someone so they do it for you

refers matters for another to decide rather than giving full authority to act

R

to remit

vsto relegate

• Formal

1 7.6

To send a case to another group or court for a decision

applies more widely, not only to legal or court referrals

K

to kick upstairs

vsto relegate

• Informal

8.2

Send a problem to someone more senior to decide

can send matters to another authority not necessarily higher in rank

L

to leave the ball in someone's court

vsto relegate

5.3

To let someone else decide what to do next

assigns a matter to another person or authority for their consideration and judgment

Antonyms

R

to retain

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

How Assigned

to assign

487 2.7

to relegate

• Formal

4 6.7

to refer

324 3.0

to pass on

134 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology