"demote" meaning in English

See demote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈməʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈmoʊt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demote.wav [Southern-England] Forms: demotes [present, singular, third-person], demoting [participle, present], demoted [participle, past], demoted [past]
Rhymes: -əʊt Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English (pro)mote English demote From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|de-|promote<alt:(pro)mote>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. 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  1. (transitive) To lower the rank or status of. Tags: transitive Translations (To lower the rank or status of): понижавам в ранг (ponižavam v rang) (Bulgarian), 降呢 (Chinese Cantonese), 降級 /降级 (jiàngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), degradovat [perfective] (Czech), degraderen (Dutch), alentaa (Finnish), rétrograder (French), dégrader (english: to discharge sb) (French), აქვეითებს (akveitebs) (Georgian), ჩამოაქვეითებს (čamoakveitebs) (Georgian), დააქვეითებს (daakveitebs) (Georgian), degradieren (German), zurückstufen (German), herabstufen (German), zurückversetzen (German), turun pangkat (Indonesian), ísligh (Irish), 左遷する (Japanese), whakaheke tupu (Māori), whakaheke tūnga (Māori), degradar (Occitan), понижать (ponižatʹ) (Russian), degradirati (Slovene), demover (Spanish), degradera (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive) To relegate. Tags: transitive Translations (To relegate): přeřadit [perfective] (Czech), alentaa (Finnish), reléguer au second plan (French), verbannen (German), relegieren (German), relegar (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-demote-en-verb-xRgKxIyx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'To relegate': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: demotee, demoter, undemoted

Inflected forms

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          "type": "example"
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              123
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          "text": "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).",
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      "glosses": [
        "To lower the rank or status of."
      ],
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        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "status",
          "status"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lower the rank or status of."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "degrade"
        },
        {
          "word": "humble"
        },
        {
          "word": "reduce"
        },
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          "word": "abase"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "bring down to size"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "cut down to size"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "debase"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "defame"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "degrade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "demean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "demote"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "depress"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "discredit"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "disgrace"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "dishonour"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "disparage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "downgrade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "embase"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "give a bad name"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "humble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "humiliate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "knock down to size"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "put someone in their place"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "reduce"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "relegate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "sink"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "word": "slur"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "trim down to size"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:demean",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "whittle down to size"
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        "transitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "To relegate."
      ],
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          "relegate"
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To relegate."
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈmoʊt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "ponižavam v rang",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "понижавам в ранг"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "降呢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "jiàngjí",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "降級 /降级"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "degradovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "degraderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "alentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "rétrograder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "to discharge sb",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "translation": "to discharge sb",
      "word": "dégrader"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "akveitebs",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "აქვეითებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "čamoakveitebs",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "ჩამოაქვეითებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "daakveitebs",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "დააქვეითებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "degradieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "zurückstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "herabstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "zurückversetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "turun pangkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "ísligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "左遷する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "whakaheke tupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "whakaheke tūnga"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "degradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ponižatʹ",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "понижать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "degradirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "demover"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "To lower the rank or status of",
      "word": "degradera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "přeřadit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "word": "alentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "word": "reléguer au second plan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "word": "verbannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "word": "relegieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "To relegate",
      "word": "relegar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demote"
}

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