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US
/ˈɹiˌɫeɪ/
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VERB
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pass along
Please relay the news to the villagers - control or operate by relay
NOUN
- a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
- a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
- a crew of workers who relieve another crew
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the act of passing something along from one person or group to another
the relay was successful - electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
How To Use relay In A Sentence
- Information is relayed, where available, on where and how the objects were collected.
- In the men's 4 x 200-metre relay team, he finished seventh.
- The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British sovereign.
- Possession of these books allowed British ships or personnel placed ashore to read the signals being relayed by the semaphore stations, which frequently included operational tasking to French fleet units.
- Then we played some games: we threw bean bags into targets for prizes and ran relays, spun hula hoops and played tic-tac-toe, fulfilling the mitzvah of laughing and being merry on Sukkot. GLBT Families Come OUT to Decorate the Sukkah With GLOE « The Blog at 16th and Q
- He relayed the message to his boss.
- Relays mounted on a space-based platform offer the advantage of large coverage.
- This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.
- The gauge relies upon a sensor in the tank to relay the fuel level.
- In 1997 they were part of a 20-strong all-woman expedition which reached the North Pole in relays - a 600-mile marathon which was a first for an all-woman team.
