English Explanatory Dictionary

relegation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of being relegated
Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business
demotion of status etc.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relegation.wav

Word forms

relegation relegations

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis.

Antonyms

promotion

Related words

religation

Derived words

relegation zone

Translations

Bulgarian: изпадане Dutch: degradatie Finnish: alennus French: relégation German: Abstieg German: Absteigen Greek: υποβιβασμός Hungarian: lefokozás Hungarian: leminősítés Hungarian: száműzetés Polish: degradacja Polish: relegacja Portuguese: despromoção Russian: разжа́лование Russian: низвожде́ние

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