demote

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
2. (transitive) To relegate.

Antonyms

• (lower the rank of): promote

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Maaka root demote- not found

Translations

To lower the rank or status of

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

  Mandarin: 降级 (zh) (jiàngjí)

• Dutch: degraderen (nl)
• Finnish: alentaa (fi)
• French: rétrograder (fr), (to discharge sb) dégrader (fr)
• Georgian: ჩამოქვეითება (čamokveiteba), დაქვეითება (dakveiteba)
• German: degradieren (de), zurückstufen, herabstufen (de), zurückversetzen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: turun pangkat
• Japanese: 左遷する
• Maori: whakaheke tupu
• Occitan: degradar
• Russian: понижать (ru) (ponižatʹ)
• Slovene: degradirati
• Spanish: degradar (es)
• Swedish: degradera (sv)

To relegate

• Finnish: alentaa (fi)
• French: reléguer au second plan
• German: verbannen (de), relegieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: relegar
• Spanish: relegar (es)

Anagrams

• emoted

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) dēmōte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēmōtus