Hyphenation of relegate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word relegate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

rel-e-gate

Definitions of relegate:

1.	Refer to another person for decision or judgment She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
2.	Assign to a lower position Reduce in rank She was demoted because she always speaks up He was broken down to Sergeant
3.	Expel, as if by official decree He was banished from his own country
4.	Assign to a class or kind How should algae be classified? People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms

Synonyms of relegate:

verb	pass on, submit, submit, subject
verb	demote, bump, break, kick downstairs, delegate, designate, depute, assign
verb	banish, bar, expel, throw out, kick out
verb	classify, assign, attribute

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.