Collocations for "relay"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "relay" in context.
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relay
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [message, code, data, service] relay
- the Olympic torch relay
- worked in relays to [complete, finish] on time
- [pulled, transported] by a relay of [wagons, horses]
- electricity: relays are activated by [currents, signals]
- electricity: relays [in, inside, within] the circuit
- electricity: a [corroded, damaged, burnt] relay
- transmission relays for [television, radio, broadcasting]
- sports: won the four by [100] -meter relay
- sports: dropped the baton in the relay
- sports: [disqualified, eliminated] from the relay
- sports: [gold, silver, bronze] medal for the relay
- sports: [mixed, men's, women's] relay
- [running, swimming] in a relay
- relay the [information, news, message, signal]
- relayed the [information] to the [doctor, manager, technicians, government]
- the [information] was relayed to [us, the manager, the owner] (by)
- relayed his [thoughts, feelings, opinions] (to)
- relayed by [radio, a system of, an app, satellite]
- relay the [surface, road, sidewalk, path, garden]
- relayed the [speech, royal wedding, ceremony]
- the [speech] was relayed from the [cathedral, palace]
- is a member of the relay team
- [took part, ran] in a relay race
- a [corroded, damaged] relay switch
- [take out, replace, place] the relay modules
- a [radio, television] relay station
'relay' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):