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Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
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relegating
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Word definitions for relegating in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relegate \Rel"e*gate\ (r?l"?-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating .] [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate .] To remove, usually to an inferior position; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of relegate English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating , delegation , relegation , deputation ]
Usage examples of relegating.
Every time, he'd consider taking out the folded sheet of paper and ripping it to small bits before relegating it to the waste can and then the burn bag.
Sure enough, the goddamned Baltimore Orioles were in the playoffs, and looking to go head to head with the Philadelphia Phillies, relegating his Bronx Bombers to the Hot Stove League yet again.
He was widely acknowledged as clever in the saddle, yet for all his experience, Flick was forever running her own race, perpetually relegating him to following at her heels.
He did this by at first allowing her to maintain her oath to the Keeper and by relegating himself to the role of her secondary master, her master in your world alone.
Instead, without protest, he did as she had asked, relegating his own desires to secondary, after hers.