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demote
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de·mote  (d-mt)
tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes
To reduce in grade, rank, or status.


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

demote
Verb
[-moting, -moted] to lower in rank or position [de- + (pro)mote]
demotion n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.demote - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
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"

demote
verb downgrade, relegate, degrade, kick downstairs (slang) declass, disrate Naval lower in rank << OPPOSITE promote
Translations
demote [dɪˈməut] vtdegradar

demote [dɪˈməut] vtrétrograder

demote [dɪˈməut] vtzurückstufen;
(Mil) → degradieren

demote [dɪˈməut] vtfar retrocedere

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, 계급·지위를 낮추다 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
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


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