verb

relay

to relay, to pass on, relay race, relay

Please relay the message to your team.

Please relay the message to your team.

The station will relay the broadcast live.

The station will relay the broadcast live.

She ran the first leg of the relay race.

She ran the first leg of the relay race.

((sth.)) ((to sb.)) to pass sth. on to sb. Please relay the message to your team.

Synonyms: transmit, pass on, convey

From Old French 'relaier' (to leave behind, start afresh), from 're-' (again) + 'laier' (to leave).

Think of a 'relay race' where the baton is passed on from one person to the next, just like information is relayed.

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