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English
Etymology
de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”)
Pronunciation
Verb
demote (third-person singular simple present demotes, present participle demoting, simple past and past participle demoted)
- (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).
- (transitive) To relegate.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “lower the rank of”): promote
Related terms
Translations
To lower the rank or status of
References
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
dēmōte
- vocative masculine singular of dēmōtus