relay

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to repeat something you have heard, or to broadcast a signal, message, or programme on television or radio:

I was told the news first and then I relayed it to the others.

TV pictures of the war were relayed around the world by satellite.

a group of people who continue an activity that others from the same team or organization have been doing previously:

Relays of workers kept the machines going through the night.

After the landslide, volunteers worked in relays to rescue people buried under the rubble.

a running or swimming race between two or more teams in which each person in the team runs or swims part of the race

a device that reacts to a small change in an electrical current by moving switches or other devices in an electrical circuit

to tell something you heard:

I relayed the news to the others.