demonstration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem, from dēmōnstrāre (“show or explain”), from dē- (“of or concerning”) + mōnstrāre (“show”).
Morphologically demonstrate + -ion.
Base: demonstrate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: demonstrations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
gloss: The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: An event at which something will be demonstrated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
gloss: Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.
Even when there had been hecklers, Victor and other members would focus on setting up their demonstration — signs reading “Let them go now,” and posters bearing the faces of 58 hostages still being held in Gaza.
gloss: A show of military force.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A proof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
If, then, proof from the basic truth is more accurate than proof not so derived, demonstration which depends more closely on it is more accurate than demonstration which is less closely dependent.
Related words: demo
demonstrable
demonstrate
demonstrator
monster
remonstration
Derived words: counterdemonstration
demonstrational
demonstration garden
demonstration sport
nondemonstration
redemonstration
return demonstration
telestration
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ցուցադրում
roman: cʻucʻadrum
lang: Belarusian
word: дэманстра́цыя
roman: demanstrácyja
lang: Bulgarian
word: демонстра́ция
roman: demonstrácija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 示範 /示范
roman: shìfàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 演示
roman: yǎnshì
lang: Danish
word: demonstration
lang: Dutch
word: demonstratie
lang: Dutch
word: betoog
lang: Esperanto
word: demonstracio
lang: Finnish
word: havainnollistaminen
lang: Finnish
word: demonstrointi
lang: French
word: démonstration
lang: German
word: Demonstration
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀπόδειξις
roman: apódeixis
lang: Hindi
word: निरूपण
roman: nirūpaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: szemléltetés
lang: Irish
word: taispeántas
lang: Italian
word: dimostrazione
lang: Japanese
word: 実証
roman: jisshō
lang: Kashubian
word: demónstracjô
lang: Korean
word: 논증
roman: nonjeung
lang: Korean
word: 론증
roman: ronjeung
lang: Latin
word: demonstratio
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نَمایِش
roman: namâyeš
lang: Polish
word: demonstracja
lang: Portuguese
word: demonstração
lang: Romanian
word: demonstrație
lang: Romanian
word: demonstrare
lang: Russian
word: демонстра́ция
roman: demonstrácija
lang: Russian
word: пока́з
roman: pokáz
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: soilleireachadh
lang: Spanish
word: demostración
lang: Spanish
word: demonstración
lang: Swedish
word: demonstration
lang: Tajik
word: намоиш
roman: namoyiš
lang: Thai
word: การสาธิต
roman: gaan-sǎa-tít
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: نمایش
roman: nümayiş
lang: Ukrainian
word: демонстра́ція
roman: demonstrácija