• v.
    ⦿assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
    lexical concept
  • He was broken down to Sergeant
  • She was demoted because she always speaks up

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:break
  2. enl:bump
  3. enl:demote
  4. enl:kick downstairs
  5. enl:relegate
wn:interlingual indexili:i33743

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • breakbumpdemotekick downstairsrelegate
  • demotekick downstairs