Definition of relegation in US English:
relegation
nounˌrɛləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌreləˈɡāSH(ə)n
1The action of assigning to an inferior rank or position.
the relegation of experienced party members to the status of second-class citizens
Example sentencesExamples
- It was precisely his impersonality or lack of message that warranted his relegation to the status of second-rate playwright.
- In all the pictures, the elimination of human beings - or their relegation to the middle or far distance - stresses the isolation of the implied observer.
- The bag's final relegation to an attic concludes the tale.
- Historically, the formation of the state depended on a sexual division of labor and the relegation of women to a private, domestic, devalued sphere.
- We are at no analytical loss with the upcoming relegation of the report to the government data scrapheap.
- For an architexture book to avoid relegation to the coffee table it must have a further meaning.
- One is not wholly within one's skin; to exist and to be recognized as existing, one must resist relegation to marginality.
- He fears that abolition of the Research Assessment Exercise would lead to less research and the relegation of some institutions to the status of FE colleges.
- He was a just, if not a strong, governor, but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome.
- The Conservatives' relegation of women to the sidelines reflects where they viewed women in the ideal society.
- 1.1British The transfer of a sports team or player to a lower division of a league.
the team manager refuses to throw in the towel and admit that relegation is inevitable
count noun the club has suffered two successive relegations
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- In the 1855 league, there was no provision for promotion or relegation.
- The club was so fraught with internal dissensions that it barely escaped relegation in the National Football League.
- With just one point separating the bottom four, the relegation battle is far from over.
- The loss has terminally damaged their title bid and the manager's primary concern must now be to avoid relegation.
- Pakistan had struggled to avoid relegation from Group One to Group Two.
- There is no exciting relegation dogfight for those at the bottom end of the scale.
- In 1985, it was tiered into three divisions with promotion and relegation between divisions generally being based on final league positions.
- After relegation the team are in a league they are more than capable of winning.
- Following losses at the weekend both teams will be preparing for relegation.
- It was clear that the team faced relegation from the Premier League at the end of the season.