Definition of "relegates" [relegates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relegate. (verb)

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• "Sometimes it's applied to separate realms, ones that are partly or fully, temporarily or permanently, inaccessible to us; in this sense, the word relegates ours to membership in a large, perhaps infinitely large, collection."
• "The employment system relegates then to menial jobs."
• "But Canada's political system relegates many expensive government services handled elsewhere by federal governments—such as education, social services and health care—to provincial governments."