Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to demote
Participle: demoted
Gerund: demoting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | demote |
| you | demote |
| he;she;it | demotes |
| we | demote |
| you | demote |
| they | demote |
Perfect
| I | have demoted |
| you | have demoted |
| he;she;it | has demoted |
| we | have demoted |
| you | have demoted |
| they | have demoted |
Past
| I | demoted |
| you | demoted |
| he;she;it | demoted |
| we | demoted |
| you | demoted |
| they | demoted |
Pluperfect
| I | had demoted |
| you | had demoted |
| he;she;it | had demoted |
| we | had demoted |
| you | had demoted |
| they | had demoted |
Future
| I | will demote |
| you | will demote |
| he;she;it | will demote |
| we | will demote |
| you | will demote |
| they | will demote |
Future Perfect
| I | will have demoted |
| you | will have demoted |
| he;she;it | will have demoted |
| we | will have demoted |
| you | will have demoted |
| they | will have demoted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | demote |
| you | demote |
| he;she;it | demote |
| we | demote |
| you | demote |
| they | demote |
Perfect
| I | have demoted |
| you | have demoted |
| he;she;it | have demoted |
| we | have demoted |
| you | have demoted |
| they | have demoted |
Imperfect
| I | demoted |
| you | demoted |
| he;she;it | demoted |
| we | demoted |
| you | demoted |
| they | demoted |
Pluperfect
| I | had demoted |
| you | had demoted |
| he;she;it | had demoted |
| we | had demoted |
| you | had demoted |
| they | had demoted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would demote |
| you | would demote |
| he;she;it | would demote |
| we | would demote |
| you | would demote |
| they | would demote |
Perfect
| I | would have demoted |
| you | would have demoted |
| he;she;it | would have demoted |
| we | would have demoted |
| you | would have demoted |
| they | would have demoted |
Imperative
| you | demote |
| we | Let's demote |
| you | demote |
Verbs conjugated like 'demote'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'demote'
demate,
denote,
devote,
emote,
remote,
bedote,
bemete,
benote,
debate,
debone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
- lower the rank of
- promote
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
10. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
11. Proto-Indo-European *pér
12. Proto-Indo-European *-o
13. Proto-Indo-European *pró
14. Proto-Indo-European *pro-
15. Proto-Italic *pro-
16. Latin prō-
17. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
18. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
19. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
20. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
21. Proto-Italic *moweō
22. Latin moveō
23. Latin prōmoveō
24. Latin prōmōtusbor.
25. English (pro)mote
26. English demote
27. From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”).
Sample Sentences
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James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
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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). [1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:]