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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

1. To demote someone is to move them to a lower rank, job or level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#m1)
2. In sport, to move a team down a league (UK: relegate). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#m2)

### In the lessons

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

### Examples

- He was demoted from captain to player. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x1)
- The manager demoted her after the mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x2)
- Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x3)
- Losing three games could demote us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x4)
- The officer was demoted for bad behaviour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x5)
- The coach threatened to demote anyone who skipped practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «demote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«demote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/demote.html) on Mova free.