0 a reduction in rank or position: --
The club were threatened with demotion to the Second Division.
Government employees are worrying about demotions or being removed from their jobs altogether.
1 a move to a less senior job, or the act of moving someone to a less senior job: --
His demotion would mean a reduction in retirement pay from $9,400 a month to $8,500.
An alternative to leaving the company could be demotion or salary reduction.
2 a situation in which a company, team, etc. moves to a lower place in a list because it has performed badly: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.