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.

   Synonyms: degrade, humble, reduce; see also Thesaurus:demean

   Antonym: promote

   Hyponym: disrate

   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.

Derived terms

• demotee
• demoter
• undemoted

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mew- (0 c, 3 e)

Translations

To lower the rank or status of

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

  Cantonese: 降呢

  Mandarin: 降級 / 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
• Māori: whakaheke tupu, whakaheke tūnga
• Occitan: degradar (oc)
• Russian: понижать (ru) (ponižatʹ)
• Slovene: degradirati
• Spanish: degradar (es), demover
• 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