demote
pronunciation
How to pronounce demote in British English:
UK [ˌdi:ˈməʊt]
How to pronounce demote in American English:
US [ˌdiˈmoʊt]
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- Verb:
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Word Origin
- demote (v.)
- 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin. Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"] Related: Demoted; demoting.
Antonym
Example
- 1. It is illegal to demote an employee without reason .
- 2. To demote a field , select the field and then click demote on the toolbar .
- 3. ' We 're going to demote the pc and the mac , ' mr. jobs said , speaking at the company 's developer conference in june .
- 4. When you demote a field , all other fields that belong to the group level get demoted as well .
- 5. The selected pagerowsource can not be promote across the parent grouping section . Demote all pagefields which for this pagerowsource and retry the demote .