demote

English

Etymology

From de- (“down”) +‎ promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈməʊt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmoʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

demote (third-person singular simple present demotes, present participle demoting, simple past and past participle demoted)

1. (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)‎^[1], 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).

2. (transitive) To relegate.

Synonyms

• disrate

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lower the rank of”): promote

Derived terms

• demotee
• demoter
• undemoted

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mew- (0 c, 2 e)

Translations

To lower the rank or status of

• Bulgarian: понижавам в ранг (ponižavam v rang)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 降呢

  Mandarin: 降级 (zh) (jiàngjí)

• Czech: degradovat (cs) pf
• Dutch: degraderen (nl)
• Finnish: alentaa (fi)
• French: rétrograder (fr), (to discharge sb) dégrader (fr)
• Georgian: აქვეითებს (akveitebs), ჩამოაქვეითებს (čamoakveitebs), დააქვეითებს (daakveitebs)
• German: degradieren (de), zurückstufen (de), herabstufen (de), zurückversetzen (de)
• Indonesian: turun pangkat
• Irish: ísligh
• Japanese: 左遷する
• Maori: whakaheke tupu, whakaheke tūnga
• Occitan: degradar (oc)
• Russian: понижать (ru) (ponižatʹ)
• Slovene: degradirati
• Spanish: degradar (es)
• Swedish: degradera (sv)

To relegate

• Czech: přeřadit (cs) pf
• Finnish: alentaa (fi)
• French: reléguer au second plan
• German: verbannen (de), relegieren (de)
• Occitan: relegar
• Spanish: relegar (es)

Anagrams

• emoted

Latin

Participle

dēmōte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēmōtus