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de·mote
 demote
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- pronunciation:
- dih
mot
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
demotes, demoting, demoted |
| definition: |
to lower in position, grade, class, or rank.
- antonyms:
- advance, elevate, promote, upgrade
- similar words:
- bust, degrade
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| related words: |
lower |
adverb + (v.)demote
again,
ago,
early,
effectively,
even,
fairly,
for,
formerly,
implicitly,
later,
least,
less,
now,
off,
often,
once,
only,
recently,
sure,
then,
twice,
when,
why,
yesterday
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(v.)demote
+ noun
ability,
administration,
aide,
backup,
behavior,
boss,
bullpen,
business,
change,
chief,
class,
colonel,
company,
day,
deputy,
director,
dog,
draft,
dwarf,
education,
effect,
employee,
executive,
fact,
father,
financing,
firing,
game,
government,
grade,
guy,
head,
history,
humanities,
incident,
indian,
intelligence,
job,
leader,
lieutenant,
line,
man,
manager,
measure,
minor,
month,
office,
officer,
official,
order,
others,
part,
partner,
percent,
player,
police,
position,
post,
president,
program,
rank,
role,
science,
season,
speech,
staff,
starter,
starting,
status,
superintendent,
supervisor,
teacher,
team,
testimony,
trading,
value,
view,
week,
whistle-blower,
word,
worker,
year
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| derivation: |
demotion (n.) |
The word demote
contains the following parts:
de-
Latin
prefix
that means from; away from; down from; reverse, negate.
  Example words:
biodegradable, debase, debate, decay, deceive, deception, decide, decision, decline, decode, decriminalize, deduct, defer, defoliant, deform, defy, degrade, dehydrate, deject, delete, demagnetize, demerit, demoralize, demote, depend, deplete, deport, depose, deprive, descend, describe, description, desegregate, design, designate, despicable, despise, detach, detect, detract, devolve, indefeasible, independence, indescribable, indestructible
- synonyms:
- dis-, un-
mob, mot, mov
Latin
root
that means move
Example words:
automobile, commotion, demote, emote, emotion, immobile, immovable, locomotion, mobile, motivate, motivation, motive, motor, movement, nonmotile, remote, remove, unmotivated, unmoved
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