demote

«demote» in Mova's school dictionary: to move them to a lower rank, job or level — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (demote, demotes, demoted, demoting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To demote someone is to move them to a lower rank, job or level. tree →

2) In sport, to move a team down a league (UK: relegate). tree →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «demote» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.