🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

전달하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeondalhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Relay/ˈriː.leɪ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2840 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 소식을 팀원들에게 전달해 주세요."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pass on information, news, or a message from one person or place to another.

    "She asked him to relay the message to the rest of the team immediately."
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of people or things engaged in a task in successive turns or stages to sustain a continuous process.

    "The rescue workers operated in relays to clear the rubble through the night."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle French 'relai', meaning a fresh supply of hunting dogs or horses placed along a route, originating from 'relaier' (to leave behind, relieve). Over time, the meaning broadened from physical replacement and handover to the transmission of signals, information, and messages across relays or stages.

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