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Meaning of relegate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  relegate
      v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She
           likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
           [syn: {relegate}, {pass on}, {submit}]
      2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
         because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
         Sergeant" [syn: {demote}, {bump}, {relegate}, {break}, {kick
         downstairs}] [ant: {advance}, {elevate}, {kick upstairs},
         {promote}, {raise}, {upgrade}]
      3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
         own country" [syn: {banish}, {relegate}, {bar}]
      4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?";
         "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn:
         {relegate}, {classify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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