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demote

verb (demote, demotes, demoted, demoting)

«demote» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To demote someone is to move them to a lower rank, job or level. tree →
In sport, to move a team down a league (UK: relegate). tree →

In the lessons

Adult life (being demoted at work), sport, games and computer rankings.

Examples

He was demoted from captain to player. tree →
The manager demoted her after the mistake. tree →
Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet. tree →
Losing three games could demote us. tree →
The officer was demoted for bad behaviour. tree →
The coach threatened to demote anyone who skipped practice. tree →

Note

Opposite: promote. Noun: demotion. Pluto example: scientists reclassified it.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «demote» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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