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   Re·lay

   noun

   • 1. a group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a fixed period of time and then replaced by a similar group: "the wagons were pulled by relays of horses"
   • ▪ a race between teams usually of sprinters or swimmers, each team member in turn covering part of the total distance: "a 550-meter relay race"
   • 2. an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
   • 3. a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a broadcast or program: "TV transmitters and relay stations"
   • ▪ a message or program transmitted by a relay: "a relay of a performance live from the concert hall"

   verb

   • 1. receive and pass on (information or a message): "she intended to relay everything she had learned"
   • ▪ broadcast (something) by passing signals received from elsewhere through a transmitting station: "the speech was relayed live from the White House"

   Word Origin late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

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   Synonyms for RELAYS: gives, conveys, spreads, transmits, communicates, imparts, carries, transfers, delivers, reaches.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of relay in English. relay. verb. These are words and phrases related to relay. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of relay. They relayed the broadcast. Synonyms. transmit. pass on. spread. communicate. deliver. carry.

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    Synonyms for RELAY: carry, communicate, transfer, deliver, transmit, convey, send forth, hand over, hand on, hand down, turn over, forward, post, pass-on, race, pass-along; Antonyms for RELAY: keep, check, hold-on.

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    Synonyms for RELAYING: giving, conveying, spreading, transmitting, communicating, imparting, carrying, transferring, delivering, reaching.