Meaning and example
refer to another person for decision or judgment
She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.346 places relegate in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 91.5% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 91.5%
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- Known by
- 91.5%
draw from specific cases for more general cases
- Known by
- 91.6%
full of anxiety and concern
- Known by
- 91.6%
disposed or willing to conform
- Known by
- 91.4%
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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