English Dictionary

relegate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɛlɪɡeɪt/

動詞

他動詞 廃用 稀用 再帰形 古代ローマ 歴史的 比喩的用法 拡大用法 古語

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place. / (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）人を特定の場所へ追放する、追いやる、放逐する / （反射動詞、古語・稀な用法）自らを何か・どこかから遠ざける、引き離す

The council voted to relegate the dissident to a remote island for the remainder of his sentence.

評議会は反体制派を残りの刑期の間、遠く離れた島へ流刑に処することを決めた。

意味（1）

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.

意味（2）

(reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

意味（3）

(transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.

意味（5）

Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.

Her bright ideas were relegated to tosh by her manager.

意味（6）

Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

意味（7）

(sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

意味（8）

Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.

意味（9）

Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.

意味（10）

(now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

relegates （ present singular third-person ）

relegating （ participle present ）

relegated （ participle past ）

relegated （ past ）