demote

de·mote  (d-mt)

tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes

To reduce in grade, rank, or status.

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[de- + (pro)mote.]

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de·motion n.

Synonyms: demote, break, bust², degrade, downgrade, reduce
These verbs mean to lower in grade, rank, or status: was demoted from captain to lieutenant; a noncommissioned officer broken to the ranks; a detective who was busted to uniformed traffic patrol for insubordination; a supervisor degraded to an assistant; a popular author downgraded by critical opinion to a genre writer; was reduced from a command post to a desk job.

Antonym: promote

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demote [dɪˈməʊt]

vb

(tr) to lower in rank or position; relegate

[from de- + (pro)mote]

demotion  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

demote - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

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demote

verb downgrade, relegate, degrade, kick downstairs (slang), declass, disrate (Naval), lower in rank If managers prove inefficient they should be demoted.
raise, advance, promote, upgrade, prefer, elevate, kick upstairs (informal)

Translations

demote [dɪˈməʊt] VT (gen) → rebajar de categoría (Mil) → degradar

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demote [dɪˈməʊt] vt

[+ leader, employee] → rétrograder
to be demoted → être rétrogradé(e)

[+ team] → reléguer
to be demoted → être relégué(e)

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demote

vt (Mil) → degradieren (to zu); (in business etc) → zurückstufen; to be demoted (Sport) → absteigen; demoted to captain → zum Hauptmann degradiert

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demote [dɪˈməʊt] vt → degradare

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demote [dɪˈməʊt] vt → degradare

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demote

v demote [diˈməut]

to reduce to a lower rank He was demoted for misconduct. terugsit, degradeer, (in rang) verlaag يُنْزِل رُتْبَه понижавам degradovat degradere degradieren υποβιβάζω degradar ametis alandama تنزل درجه دادن alentaa rétrograder לְהוֹרִיד בְּדַרגָה पदावनत करना snizit vojniku čin, zadržati đaka u razredu lefokoz (katonát) menurunkan lækka (e-n) í tign retrocedere, degradare 地位を下げる 강등시키다 pažeminti pazemināt (dienesta pakāpē) turun pangkat degraderen degradere degradować despromover a retro­grada понижать в звании degradovať degradirati degradirati degradera ลดชั้น rütbesini indirmek 使降級 понижувати на посаді عہدہ گھٹانا giáng chức 使降级

n deˈmotion

terugsetting, degradering, verlaging (in rang) تَنْزيل رُتْبَه понижение degradace degradering die Degradierung υποβιβασμός degradación ametialandus تنزل رتبه alennus rétrogradation הוֹרָדָה בְּדַרגָה पदावनति degradacija u činu lefokozás (katonáé) penurunan stöðulækkun retrocessione, degradazione 降位 강등 pažeminimas pazemināšana (dienesta pakāpē) penurunan pangkat degradatie degradering degradacja despromoção retrogradare понижение в звании degradácia degradacija ražalovanje degradering การลดชั้น rütbesini indirme 降級 пониження на посаді تنزلی sự giáng chức 降级