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relegates

VERB

assign, transfer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consign entrust refer

STRONG

accredit charge commend commit confide credit delegate

WEAK

hand over pass on turn over

Antonyms

STRONG

deny disapprove keep

WEAK

assume hold promote upgrade

VERB

banish, downgrade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demote dismiss

STRONG

deport displace eject exile expatriate expel lag ostracize remove transport

WEAK

expulse throw out

Antonyms

STRONG

allow permit remain stay take in welcome

WEAK

assume hold keep promote upgrade

Example Sentences

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In my opinion that all but relegates Wolves now.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

The move relegates Miller Moss to a reserve role after nine uneven starts this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

The drafting of Jaxon Smith-Njigba likely relegates Eskridge to being the fourth receiver.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2023

These movies were never likely blockbusters, but it’s only the current crisis of the movie business that relegates them to a cloistered isolation.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2023

We cling to the individualist manner, to that intense eulogy which concentrates its rays on the particular object of notice and relegates all others to proportional obscurity.

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald