Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To lower the rank or status of.

    James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.

    degradieren, zurückstufen, herabstufen

    понижатьponižatʹ

    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

  2. (transitive)To relegate.

    verbannen, relegieren

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Tom hasn't been demoted yet.

    Том ще не понизили по службі.

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  2. Tom hasn't yet been demoted.

    Том ще не понизили по службі.

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  3. I've been demoted.

    Мене понизили.

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  4. Tom hopes he won't be demoted.

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  5. Tom hopes Mary won't be demoted.

    deTom hofft, dass Maria nicht degradiert wird.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To lower the rank or status of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
To lower the rank or status of:
To relegate:

Forms

demotes, demoting, demoted, demoted
Base formdemote · to demote
3rd person singulardemotes
Present participledemoting
Past simpledemoted
Past participledemoted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydemote
he, she, itdemotes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemoted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demoted
he, she, ithas demoted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill demote

Synonyms

29 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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