"relegation zone" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "relegation zones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "relegation zone (plural relegation zones)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Sports",
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            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC",
          "text": "The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated."
      ],
      "id": "en-relegation_zone-en-noun-zp2CykE3",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "table",
          "table"
        ],
        [
          "relegated",
          "relegated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "word": "مِنْطَقَة الهُبَوط"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zone de relégation"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zone rouge"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "word": "kieső zóna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zona de despromoção"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "konec turnirnoj tablicy",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "конец турнирной таблицы"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podval",
          "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "подвал"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "relegation zone"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "relegation zones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "relegation zone (plural relegation zones)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC",
          "text": "The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "table",
          "table"
        ],
        [
          "relegated",
          "relegated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "word": "مِنْطَقَة الهُبَوط"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zone de relégation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zone rouge"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "word": "kieső zóna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zona de despromoção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konec turnirnoj tablicy",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конец турнирной таблицы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podval",
      "sense": "bottom part of a sports table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "подвал"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relegation zone"
}