Relay is an English word with synonyms like passage or operate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Relay meaning
- A new set of hounds.
- A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
- A new set of anything.
Synonyms of Relay
Using Relay
- The main meaning on this page is: A new set of hounds. | A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. | A new set of anything.
- Useful related words include: passage, operate, put across, pass along.
- In the example corpus, relay often appears in combinations such as: the relay, relay team, to relay.
Context around Relay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Relay
- In this selection, "relay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, meter, free, latching, team, contacts and coil stand out and add context to how "relay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 200 free relay and they and 200 medley relay and 800. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "relay" sits close to words such as colombia, malta and nationalist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with relay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mercury relay A mercury relay is a relay that uses mercury as the switching element. (15 words)
The Trojans won the men’s 4x100 meter relay and the woman’s 4x400 meter relay. (16 words)
Thus, no relay operator may judge the legality and legitimacy of a relay call, and must relay it without interference. (20 words)
The Olympic torch relay: Yes, it was long and drawn out, yes, they closed down your high street for a couple of hours and yes, there were claims that some we’re selling their torches on eBay, but what fine build-up and buzz the relay created. (47 words)
Force-guided contacts relay A 'force-guided contacts relay' has relay contacts that are mechanically linked together, so that when the relay coil is energized or de-energized, all of the linked contacts move together. (35 words)
A few hours later, the Berthoud boys’ 4×800 relay did the Eagles one better, winning the 3A version of the meet’s longest relay, grabbing 10 points for their team total in the process. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Force-guided contacts relay A 'force-guided contacts relay' has relay contacts that are mechanically linked together, so that when the relay coil is energized or de-energized, all of the linked contacts move together.
This relay meet will feature a few added events from most normal track meets such as the 4×200-meter relay, 4×800-meter relay, sprint medley and distance medley.
Coaxial relay Where radio transmitters and receivers share one antenna, often a coaxial relay is used as a TR (transmit-receive) relay, which switches the antenna from the receiver to the transmitter.
Mercury relay A mercury relay is a relay that uses mercury as the switching element.
Mixed relay The most recent addition to the number of biathlon competition variants, the mixed relay is similar to the ordinary relay but the teams are composed of two women and two men.
Spammers would send one e-mail to the open relay and (effectively) include a large blind carbon copy list, then the open relay would relay that spam to the entire list.
Thus, no relay operator may judge the legality and legitimacy of a relay call, and must relay it without interference.
Types Latching relay Latching relay with permanent magnet A latching relay (also called "impulse", "keep", or "stay" relays) maintains either contact position indefinitely without power applied to the coil.
Cawley, Carson Ritchie, Josh Gardner and Cameron Ritchie won the 200 free relay and they won the 400 free relay that closed the meet.
The torch relay set the tone for the subdued games, with public sections of the relay scrapped in areas where virus cases were spiking, including the final leg in Japan's capital.
The Trojans won the men’s 4x100 meter relay and the woman’s 4x400 meter relay.
A few hours later, the Berthoud boys’ 4×800 relay did the Eagles one better, winning the 3A version of the meet’s longest relay, grabbing 10 points for their team total in the process.
Chairman of Relay For Life Ayrshire, Derek Thomson, said: “Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make Ayrshire’s first Relay for Life such a success.
Meyer said he was proud of the relay squad’s success and team effort, including that of Bjornstad, who was not part of the relay team last year.
The first day saw the men’s and women’s teams diving into action with the 1M and 3M diving events, alongside the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay.
The Olympic torch relay: Yes, it was long and drawn out, yes, they closed down your high street for a couple of hours and yes, there were claims that some we’re selling their torches on eBay, but what fine build-up and buzz the relay created.
The relay team of Wyatt Shaw, Alex Garber, David Standish and Brown placed second in the 4×800-meter relay with a time of 8:18.
As a recruiter on the Relay committee, Sevigny, a Highland resident, will go to different spots in town and share how Relay makes a difference in the lives of cancer patients.
At the Atlanta games, she won two gold medals, one in the 400-meter medley relay and another in the 400-meter freestyle relay, which set new Olympic and U.S. records.
In the final event of the two day contest, Loyola came away with a relay victory in the 400 Yard Free Relay.
Common combinations with relay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the relay 43×
- relay team 22×
- to relay 18×
- relay for 16×
- relay the 13×
- relay is 11×
- medley relay 11×
- and relay 11×
- freestyle relay 10×
- relay teams 8×