They relegated the old man to a bed in the corner.
•The former vice president was relegated to the position of manager of special projects.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
relegate — [[t]re̱lɪgeɪt[/t]] relegates, relegating, relegated 1) VERB If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position. [V n to n] Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function? … English dictionary
relegate — UK [ˈreləɡeɪt] / US [ˈreləˌɡeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms relegate : present tense I/you/we/they relegate he/she/it relegates present participle relegating past tense relegated past participle relegated to move someone or something to a less… … English dictionary
relegate — rel|e|gate [ relə,geıt ] verb transitive to move someone or something to a less important position: relegate someone/something to something: They ve relegated us to this dark little office. be relegated BRITISH to be moved into a lower DIVISION ─ … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
relegate — rel|e|gate [ˈrelıgeıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of relegare to send back to do a job ] 1.) formal to give someone or something a less important position than before relegate sb/sth to sth ▪ Women tended to be… … Dictionary of contemporary English
relegate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare, from re + legare to send with a commission more at legate Date: 1599 1. to send into exile ; banish 2. assign: as a. to assign to a place of insignificance… … New Collegiate Dictionary
relegate — verb (T) 1 formal to give someone or something a less important position than before: Academic excellence seems to have been relegated to a role of secondary importance. 2 be relegated (to) especially BrE if a sports team is relegated, it is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
relegate — [ˈreləˌgeɪt] verb [T] to move someone or something to a less important position relegation [ˌreləˈgeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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relegation — noun 1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions • Syn: ↑delegating, ↑delegation, ↑relegating, ↑deputation • Derivationally related forms: ↑depute (for: ↑deputation), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
commit — com·mit vb com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting vt 1 a: to put into another s charge or trust: entrust consign committed her children to her sister s care b: to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order was found to be gravely … Law dictionary
Stoicism — Stoicism1 Brad Inwood 1 FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO More than eighty years passed between the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the arrival in Athens of Zeno in 312. Athenian society had undergone enormous upheavals, both political and social. The Greek… … History of philosophy
