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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

"We're not doing anything illegal. We act according to the law. As for being scared, fear mustn't prevail. I believe in what I'm doing. And this conviction relegates fear to second place."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

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

Burnley and Leeds want the independent commission to recommend any disciplinary action against Everton, which could include a points deduction that relegates the club, if the financial rules are breached.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

He discards the idea that we lose virility when we cease to kill, and relegates the notion to the limbo of deceits.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)