demoting
present participle ofdemote
demote
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈməʊt/us/dɪˈmoʊt/tolowersomeone or something inrankorposition:
Thecaptainwas demoted (tosergeant) forfailingtofulfilhisduties.
Synonym
relegate
Opposites
advance
boost
elevate
promote(RAISE)
raise
Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- anointment
- ascend
- ascension
- career-limiting
- elevation
- exalt
- fast track
- free transfer
- glass cliff
- hand off
- promote
- promotion
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relegate
- secondment
- subordinate
- vault
- wilderness
Examplesofdemoting
demoting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
She viewed him as silently arrogating to himself the status of head of the household, whiledemotingher to that of a mere dependent.
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The very lack of individual fame which promoted the girl group togetherness had the unfortunate effect ofdemotingthe performers to a position of powerlessness.
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A functional division obviously took place, promoting the subjunct anddemotingthe modifier function of this dual-form adverb.
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It makes of the family one of a whole series of relationships, and by so doing risksdemotingthe family even before it has been promoted.
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I do not know whether public opinion calls fordemotingthis practice from a crime to a sin.
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Bydemotingit they might well think that it is, and that it was putting it in the background.
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This is the first time grading has been done; therefore, there can be nodemotingfrom a superior to an inferior grade.
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The fact that they are teaching in primary schools does not mean that these graduates aredemotingthemselves to a lower standard.
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It is wrong to speak ofdemoting.
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To suggest that any part of this legislation is somehowdemotingprimary schools and making them of less account would be quite wrong and quite unjustified.
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The act also made firing anddemotingemployees for political reasons unlawful.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lyrically, this political song is aboutdemotingnational government back to local tribal society.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of the waitresses also accused a manager ofdemotingand eventually firing her after she complained.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Here, the promoting anddemotingof aids can be classified as an administrative act, not a judicial one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After the 1999/2000 season,demotinghim to no. 14 in the 2000/2001 world rankings, he reached the quarter-final stage or better in six tournaments the following season.
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