relay1
noun /ˈriːleɪ/
/ˈriːleɪ/
- (also relay race)a race between teams in which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race
- the 4 × 100m relay
- a relay team
- the sprint relay
- She ran in the 4 × 400 relay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 4 by 400
- etc.
- freestyle
- …
- run
- run in
- swim
- …
- race
- squad
- team
- …
- a fresh set of people or animals that take the place of others that are tired or have finished a period of work
- The wagons were pulled by relays of horses.
- in relays Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners.
- an electronic device that receives radio or television signals and sends them on again with greater strength
- a relay station
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.