relegation

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: relegations

Relegation is being put down into a lower class or league. Face relegation.

It costs a football club more money than almost anything else that can happen to it. Relegation also means being pushed into a lesser role, which is the older sense.

Definitions of relegation

1nounrelegationBeing put down into a lower class or league.B2
“Relegation was confirmed with three matches still to play.”

relegation is a demotion.

Where it comes from

Latin
relēgātiō
English, today
relegation

Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

relegation in the wild

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 1997, a boardroom takeover saved the club from liquidation.
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Excelsior has spent much of its history fluctuating between the top two divisions, achieving multiple promotions and relegations.
Excelsior Rotterdam
Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes called open leagues.
Promotion and relegation
Since then, RKC have alternated between the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie, with several promotions and relegations marking the modern era.
RKC Waalwijk
The club has a reputation as the heen-en-weer club ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of Dutch football.
FC Volendam

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