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re-lay

re-lay
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rey ley]
    • /reɪ leɪ/
    • /riː leɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rey ley]
    • /reɪ leɪ/

Definitions of re-lay word

  • verb with object re-lay to lay again. 1
  • verb re-lay to lift up (a carpet, floorboards, etc) and then attach them back to their usual permanent position 0
  • verb re-lay to replace (the grass of eg a football pitch) with new grass 0
  • verb transitive re-lay to lay again or anew 0

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Origin of re-lay

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; re- + lay1

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Parts of speech for Re-lay

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

re-lay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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