relegate

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verb

1. refer to another person for decision or judgment (Freq. 4)
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
• Syn:
pass on, submit
• Derivationally related forms:
relegation, relegating
• Hypernyms:
submit, subject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. assign to a lower position;
reduce in rank (Freq. 2)
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
• Syn:
demote, bump, break, kick downstairs
• Ant:
promote (for: demote)
• See Also:
bump off (for: bump)
• Derivationally related forms:
relegation, demotion (for: demote)
• Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
• Hyponyms:
sideline, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. assign to a class or kind
- How should algae be classified?
- People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms
• Syn:
classify
• Derivationally related forms:
classificatory (for: classify), class (for: classify), classification (for: classify), classifier (for: classify), relegation
• Hypernyms:
assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. expel, as if by official decree
- he was banished from his own country
• Syn:
banish, bar
• Derivationally related forms:
relegation, banishment (for: banish)
• Hypernyms:
expel, throw out, kick out
• Hyponyms:
spike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  classify, banish, bar, demote, bump, break, kick downstairs, pass on, submit
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate