How to pronounce “relay”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds. [from 15th c.]
• (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. [from 17th c.]
• (by extension) A new set of anything.
• A series of vehicles travelling in sequence. [from 18th c.]
• (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
• (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information). [from 19th c.]
• (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds. [15th–17th c.]
• (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. [from 18th c.]
• (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. [from 19th c.]

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