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
The bag's final relegation to an attic concludes the tale.
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.
One is not wholly within one's skin; to exist and to be recognized as existing, one must resist relegation to marginality.
He was a just, if not a strong, governor, but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome.
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.
Historically, the formation of the state depended on a sexual division of labor and the relegation of women to a private, domestic, devalued sphere.
For an architexture book to avoid relegation to the coffee table it must have a further meaning.
The Conservatives' relegation of women to the sidelines reflects where they viewed women in the ideal society.
It was precisely his impersonality or lack of message that warranted his relegation to the status of second-rate playwright.
We are at no analytical loss with the upcoming relegation of the report to the government data scrapheap.
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 nounthe club has suffered two successive relegations
Example sentencesExamples
In the 1855 league, there was no provision for promotion or relegation.
The loss has terminally damaged their title bid and the manager's primary concern must now be to avoid relegation.
The club was so fraught with internal dissensions that it barely escaped relegation in the National Football League.
In 1985, it was tiered into three divisions with promotion and relegation between divisions generally being based on final league positions.
There is no exciting relegation dogfight for those at the bottom end of the scale.
It was clear that the team faced relegation from the Premier League at the end of the season.
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.
With just one point separating the bottom four, the relegation battle is far from over.
Pakistan had struggled to avoid relegation from Group One to Group Two.
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 nounthe club has suffered two successive relegations
Example sentencesExamples
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.