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relegation

relegation noun: moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.

Noun

relegation (countable and uncountable, plural relegations)

  1. Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
    Antonyms:
    promotion
  2. demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business
    Antonyms:
    promotion
  3. demotion of status etc.

relegation meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

relegation in Tamil

தகுதியிறக்கம்

relegation in Urdu

دیس نکالا, اخراج, جلاوطنی

relegation in Kannada

ಗಡೀಪಾರು, ಪದಾವನತಿ, ಕೆಳ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕಿಳಿಸುವುದು, ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆ, ತಳ್ಳಿಹಾಕುವುದು

Antonyms of relegation

Forms of relegation

pluralrelegations

Plural of relegation: relegations

Origin of relegation

Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis.

Words formed from relegation

Phrases with relegation

Questions about relegation

What does relegation mean?
Relegation means moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
What is relegation in Tamil?
Relegation in Tamil is தகுதியிறக்கம். See Relegation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is relegation?
Relegation is a noun.
What is the plural of relegation?
The plural of relegation is relegations.

Words near relegation in the dictionary

  1. relegalizing
  2. relegate
  3. relegated
  4. relegates
  5. relegating
  6. relegation
  7. relegation zone
  8. relegation zones
  9. relegations
  10. relegator
  11. relegators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relegation (page history and authors); relegation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relegation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relegation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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