Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

N-A series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; A fresh set of dogs or horses posted in readiness for use in a hunt, on a journey, etc. V-To carry forward by or as if by series of persons taking turns.

Watch out! You may see this word with another pronunciation and its meaning is then different.
Used as a noun, listen here, it means: N-A series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; A fresh set of dogs or horses posted in readiness for use in a hunt, on a journey, etc. V-To carry forward by or as if by series of persons taking turns. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To place or put down again.

edit
Usage examples (40)
  • The relay was successful
  • Please relay the news to the villagers
  • Verb (used with object) : to relay a message
  • Second connection to the relay is a cable to the COM port on the PC.
...click for more
Tutoring comment
  • ''relay" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.