Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

    Herabstufung, Herunterstufung, Degradierung

    act of lowering in rank or position

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He's quite philosophical about his demotion.

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  2. He was quite philosophical about the demotion.

    ruОн отнёсся достаточно философски к понижению в должности.

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  3. Either we play better or we will suffer the shame of another demotion.

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  4. His job title change was considered a lateral move, possibly a demotion, and certainly not a promotion.

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  5. The demotion of Pluto from the status of a planet was a very hotly debated issue within the astronomical community.

    deEs war in astronomischen Kreisen ein heiß debattiertes Thema, dem Pluto den Planetenstatus abzuerkennen.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status:

Forms

plural: demotions
Singulardemotion
Pluraldemotions

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relateddemote

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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