relegate

relegate
transitive verb
1)

relegate somebody to the position or status of ... — jemanden zu ... degradieren

2) (Sport) absteigen lassen

be relegated — absteigen (to in + Akk.)

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['reliɡeit]
verb
(to put down to a lower grade, position etc: The local football team has been relegated to the Second Division.) absteigen
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rel·egate
[ˈrelɪgeɪt, AM -lə-]
vt usu passive
1. (lower in status)
▪ to \relegate sb/sth to sth jdn/etw auf etw akk verweisen
the story was \relegated to the middle pages of the paper die Story wurde in den Mittelteil der Zeitung verschoben
▪ to \relegate sb out of sth jdn aus etw dat verbannen geh
to \relegate sb to the background jdn in den Hintergrund drängen
to \relegate sb to a secondary role jdn in eine untergeordnete Position abdrängen
2. BRIT SPORT
to \relegate a team eine Mannschaft absteigen lassen
to be \relegated from a higher to a lower division aus einer höheren Liga in eine niedrigere absteigen
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['relIgeɪt]
vt
1) (lit, fig: downgrade) degradieren; (SPORT) team absteigen lassen (to in +acc); old toys, furniture verbannen (to in +acc)

to be relegated (Sport) — absteigen

relegated to second place (fig) — an zweite Stelle abgeschoben or verbannt

2) (= hand over) matter, question weiterleiten (to an +acc)
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relegate [ˈrelıɡeıt] v/t
1. relegieren, verbannen (beide:
out of aus)
2. verweisen, verbannen (beide:
to in akk):
relegate details to the footnotes
3. (to) verweisen (in akk), zuschreiben (dat):
relegate to the sphere of legend (realm of superstition) in das Reich der Fabel (Reich des Aberglaubens) verweisen
4. verweisen, degradieren:
he was relegated to fourth place SPORT er wurde auf den vierten Platz verwiesen;
the club was relegated SPORT der Verein musste absteigen oder stieg ab (to in akk)
5. etwas (zur Entscheidung) überweisen (to an akk)
6. jemanden verweisen (to an akk)
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transitive verb
1)

relegate somebody to the position or status of ... — jemanden zu ... degradieren

2) (Sport) absteigen lassen

be relegated — absteigen (to in + Akk.)

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(out of) v.
relegieren v.
verbannen (aus) v.
zurück versetzen v. (to) v.
verweisen (in) ausdr.
zuschreiben v.

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