relegation
IPA: rˈɛɫʌgˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of being relegated
- (sports) 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.
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Examples of "relegation" in Sentences
- His team may avoid the ignominy of relegation.
- The teams that finish on the bottom will contend the relegation championship.
- But the memory of this achievement should be tainted by the relegation in 1938.
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