Meaning of DEMOTE
| Pronunciation: | | di'mowt
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| | Definition: | | [v] assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up" |
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| | Synonyms: | | break, bump, kick downstairs, relegate |
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| | Antonyms: | | advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade | | |
| | See Also: | | assign, bump off, delegate, depute, designate, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, reduce, remove, slay | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de- + mote, as in promote; cf. L.
demovere to remove.]
To reduce to a lower grade, as in school.
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| | Related Terms: | | abase, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, debase, defrock, degrade, demean, dement, deplume, depose, deprive, disbar, discharge, disemploy, disgrade, dismiss, displace, displume, downgrade, drum out, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, pension off, read out of, reduce, release, remove, replace, retire, sack, separate forcibly, strip, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unfrock |
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