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リレーする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a relay race, or to relaying something (passing along, transmitting). Used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

〈物もの〉をリレーするto relay/pass something along in sequence
各かっ国こくの記き者しゃが取しゅ材ざい内ない容ようをリレーして報ほう告こくした。
Reporters from each country relayed their findings in turn.
リレーでバトンを渡わたすto pass the baton in a relay race
彼かれは次つぎの走そう者しゃにリレーでバトンを渡わたした。
He passed the baton to the next runner in the relay.
〈場ば所しょ〉でリレーが行おこなわれるfor a relay (race) to be held at a place
体たい育いく祭さいで400メートルリレーが行おこなわれた。
A 400-meter relay was held at the sports festival.
リレーのアンカーを務つとめるto serve as the anchor (final runner) in a relay
彼かの女じょはリレーのアンカーを務つとめた。
She served as the anchor of the relay team.

継けい走そう
継走 is a more formal, sports-terminology word for a relay race, while リレー is the everyday loanword used in casual and general contexts.
中ちゅう継けいN2
中継 focuses on relaying or passing on information/signals (e.g. broadcast relay), whereas リレー more often refers to the sports event or the general act of passing something along in sequence.
駅えき伝でん
リレー is the general loanword for any relay race (e.g. track, swimming), whereas 駅伝 specifically means a long-distance road relay between towns or landmarks.
中なか継つぎN1
リレー is a loanword typically used for sports relays or electrical relays, whereas 中継ぎ is the native Japanese term with wider, more general use.

リリー
リリー (lily) and リレー (relay) are both katakana loanwords with similar sounds but completely unrelated meanings.

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Loanword from English 'relay'.