relegate
Verb
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Refer to another person for decision or judgment (synset 202595169)
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"is a type of: submit - refer for judgment or consideration
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Assign to a lower position;
Reduce in rank (synset 202404473)"She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)subtypes: -
Expel, as if by official decree (synset 202509452)
"he was banished from his own country"subtypes: spike - stand in the way of
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Assign to a class or kind (synset 200741667)
"How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"same as: classify
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