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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Demote \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 or rank, as in the military, one's
     employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
  
     Syn: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Demote \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  demote
       v : assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
           because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
           Sargeant" [syn: bump, relegate, break, kick
           downstairs] [ant: promote]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     Englanti vb.
     alentaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  demote
     Engelska vb.
     degradera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Demote /dɪmˈəʊt/
  نزّل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  demote //dɪˈmoʊt// //dɪˈməʊt// 
  понижавам в ранг
  To lower the rank or status of

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/ 
  degradovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/ 
  degradieren, zurückstufen 
   see: demoting, demoted, demotes, demoted
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/
  
  υποβαθμίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  demote //dɪˈmoʊt// //dɪˈməʊt// 
  alentaa 2.
  To lower the rank or status of
   3.
  To relegate

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/ 
  1. पदावनत~करना
        "He was demoted when the charges of corruption were proved against him."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/
  degradirati, postaviti na nižu vrijednost, premjestiti, spustiti na nižu razinu, vratiti niže

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  demote //dɪˈmoʊt// //dɪˈməʊt// 
  turun pangkat
  To lower the rank or status of

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  demote //dɪˈmoʊt// //dɪˈməʊt// 
  左遷する
  To lower the rank or status of

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  demote /dɪˈməʊt/ 
    degradować (to - do)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  demote //dɪˈmoʊt// //dɪˈməʊt// 
  degradera
  To lower the rank or status of

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  demote /dɪmˈəʊt/
  1. aşağı dereceye indirmek, rütbesini indirmek. demotion  indirme.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈmoʊt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "demote":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 降级,降职,降等;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使降级,使降职,使降等

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