DEMOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demote mean?
• DEMOTE (verb)
The verb DEMOTE has 1 sense:
1. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Familiarity information: DEMOTE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMOTE (verb)
Meaning:
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
demote; kick downstairs; relegate; bump; break
Context examples:
She was demoted because she always speaks up / He was broken down to Sergeant
Hypernyms (to "demote" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demote"):
sideline (remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position)
reduce (bring to humbler or weaker state or condition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
promote (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
