Demonstration Definition

dĕmən-strāshən
demonstrations
noun
demonstrations
The act, process, or means of making evident or proving.
Webster's New World
An explanation by example, experiment, etc.
Webster's New World
A practical showing of how something works or is used; specif., such a showing of a product in an effort to sell it.
Webster's New World
A piece of evidence.
That car he bought is supposed to be a demonstration of his commitment to clean energy.
American Heritage
An expression or manifestation, as of one's feelings.
A demonstration of her displeasure.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Demonstration

Noun

Singular:
demonstration
Plural:
demonstrations

Origin of Demonstration

  • From Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).

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Demonstration Sentence Examples

  • The pottery class instructor asked for a volunteer to knead the clay in a demonstration.

  • As the main support of his proof of the truth of Christianity appears his detailed demonstration that the prophecies of the old dispensation, which are older than the Pagan poets and philosophers, have found their fulfilment in Christianity.

  • The procession of the Host on Corpus Christi day became, as it were, a public demonstration of Catholic orthodoxy against Protestantism and later against religious Liberalism.

  • The demonstration of these assertions would require a volume, but the general nature of the evidence on which they rest may be briefly indicated.

  • Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide have the value 1.4; these gases have diatomic molecules, a fact capable of demonstration by other means.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEM

Words Ending With

NONION

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demonstration

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DE & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With D13 Letter Words Ending With N