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# relay

noun (a relay, relays); verb (relay, relays, relayed, relaying)

«relay» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A relay or relay race is a race between teams in which each runner or swimmer does one part and then passes on to the next, often by handing over a baton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#m1)
2. (verb) To relay a message is to pass it on to someone else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#m2)
3. A device that passes on signals, or a switch in an electric circuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in PE and sports day: the relay race and passing the baton. In everyday life: "Please relay this message to your parents." In science: a relay switch. Phrase: "in relays" means in turns, groups taking over from each other.

### Examples

- Our class won the relay race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x1)
- Don't drop the baton in the relay! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x2)
- Please relay the message to your teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x3)
- The swimmers did a four-person relay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x4)
- The firefighters worked in relays all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x5)
- The satellite relays TV signals around the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x6)
- I ran the last leg of the relay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/#x7)

### Note

Stress usually "REE-lay". Past: relayed. Each runner's part is called a "leg".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «relay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relay/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«relay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/relay.html) on Mova free.