relegate

Definition of relegate

Verbs

refer to another person for decision or judgment
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
Synonyms:
pass on, submit
Type of:
subject, submit
refer for judgment or consideration
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Synonyms:
break, bump, demote, kick downstairs
Antonyms:
promote
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade
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Types:
sideline
remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position
reduce
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
Type of:
assign, delegate, depute, designate
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
expel, as if by official decree
Synonyms:
banish, bar
Types:
spike
stand in the way of
Type of:
expel, kick out, throw out
force to leave or move out
assign to a class or kind
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
Synonyms:
classify
Type of:
assign, attribute
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

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