transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪmoʊt ]
( demotes, demoting, demoted)
1.
If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
It’s very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave...
≠ promote
VERB : V n
• de‧mo‧tion
(demotions)
He is seeking redress for what he alleges was an unfair demotion.
≠ promotion
N-VAR
2.
If a team in a sports league is demoted , that team has to compete in the next competition in a lower division, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division. ( BRIT )
The club was demoted at the end of last season.
≠ promote
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
• de‧mo‧tion
The team now almost certainly faces demotion.
≠ promotion
N-VAR