Meanings
nounrelegation zone (plural relegation zones)
plural relegation zones
- hobbiesThe bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated.
The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.
2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC
Translations
Arabic مِنْطَقَة الهُبَوط
- مِنْطَقَة الهُبَوطbottom part of a sports table
French zone de relégation, zone rouge
- zone de relégationbottom part of a sports table
- zone rougebottom part of a sports table
Hungarian kieső zóna
- kieső zónabottom part of a sports table
Polish strefa spadkowa
- strefa spadkowabottom part of a sports table
Portuguese zona de despromoção
- zona de despromoçãobottom part of a sports table
Russian конец турнирной таблицы, подвал
- конец турнирной таблицы (konec turnirnoj tablicy)bottom part of a sports table
- подвал (podval)bottom part of a sports table
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APA
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Chicago
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