demote
/dɪˈməʊt/US/dɪˈmoʊt/
demote verb: to lower the rank or status of.
Verb
demote (third-person singular simple present demotes, present participle demoting, simple past and past participle demoted)
- To lower the rank or status of.
- James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
- 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).1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93
- To relegate.
demote meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
demote in Tamil
- நிலை தாழ்த்து, படடியிறக்கு, படி, நிலை, தகுதியை இறக்கு, தாழ்த்து
demote in Urdu
- عہدہ کم کرنا
demote in Malayalam
- downgrade, relegate, declass
- തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക, താഴ്ത്തുക, പദവി കുറയ്ക്കുക, പദവി താഴ്ത്തുക, നീചീകരിക്കുക, താഴ്ന്ന നിലയിലാക്കുക
demote in Kannada
- ಹಿಂಬಡ್ತಿ ಮಾಡು, ಅಪವರ್ತಿಸು, ಕೆಳದರ್ಜೆಗಿಳಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
- demote in Indonesian
- turun pangkat
Examples of demote in a sentence
- What did the Chisters say when Ceres was demoted from planetdom back in the 19th century?
- Back in the 19-th century the asteroid Ceres was demoted from planetdom.
- Consider the overwhelmingly negative reaction of many members of the public when Pluto was demoted to dwarf planetary status.
Synonyms of demote
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Antonyms
Forms of demote
| third-person singular present | demotes |
|---|---|
| present participle | demoting |
| past participle | demoted |
| past | demoted |
Origin of demote
From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”).
Words formed from demote
Words that rhyme with demote
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about demote
- What does demote mean?
- Demote means to lower the rank or status of.
- What is demote in Tamil?
- Demote in Tamil is நிலை தாழ்த்து, படடியிறக்கு, படி. See Demote meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is demote?
- Demote is a verb.
- How do you pronounce demote?
- Demote is pronounced /dɪˈməʊt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of demote?
- The past tense of demote is demoted.
Words near demote in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: demote (page history and authors); demote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demote (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demote (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); demote (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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