Relegate - Definition

v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She
likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
[syn: relegate, pass on, submit]
2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick
downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs,
promote, raise, upgrade]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?";
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn:
relegate, classify]