Oh, you! If you go around with a face like that, I'll have to demote you back down to 'friend' again.
Source: tatoeba (327329)
Demote
//dɪˈməʊt//
Synonyms for "demote" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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Translations
33 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- понижавам в ранг verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 降呢 verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 降級 /降级 verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Czech
2 entries- degradovat verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- přeřadit verb (To relegate)
Dutch
1 entries- degraderen verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Finnish
2 entries- alentaa verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- alentaa verb (To relegate)
French
3 entries- dégrader verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- reléguer au second plan verb (To relegate)
- rétrograder verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Georgian
3 entries- აქვეითებს verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- დააქვეითებს verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- ჩამოაქვეითებს verb (To lower the rank or status of)
German
4 entries- degradieren verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- herabstufen verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- relegieren verb (To relegate)
- verbannen verb (To relegate)
Indonesian
1 entries- turun pangkat verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Irish
1 entries- ísligh verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Japanese
1 entries- 左遷する verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Māori
2 entries- whakaheke tupu verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- whakaheke tūnga verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Occitan
2 entries- degradar verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- relegar verb (To relegate)
Russian
1 entries- понижать verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Slovene
1 entries- degradirati verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Spanish
3 entries- degradar verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- demover verb (To lower the rank or status of)
- relegar verb (To relegate)
Swedish
1 entries- degradera verb (To lower the rank or status of)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Why did my coach demote me?
Source: tatoeba (10350523)
James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
Source: wiktionary
In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).
Source: wiktionary
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