relegate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
refer to another person for decision or judgment
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Types & categories
- submit hypernym
Related & opposite
- relegation derivation
Sense 2 verb
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
She was demoted because she always speaks up
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- murder also see
- elevate antonym
- demotion derivation
- relegation derivation
Sense 3 verb
expel, as if by official decree
he was banished from his own country
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- banishment derivation
- relegation derivation
Sense 4 verb
assign to a class or kind
How should algae be classified?
Types & categories
- attribute hypernym
Related & opposite
- classification derivation
- relegation derivation
- categorization derivation
- classifier derivation
- categorization derivation
- social class derivation
- class derivation
- class derivation
- class derivation
- classifier derivation
- classificatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relegation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | submit |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | murder |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | elevate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | demotion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relegation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assign |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sideline |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | banishment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | relegation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spike |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relegation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classifier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | social class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classifier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classificatory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attribute |