demonstration

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən/ UK /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #6651

Meanings

1

noun
A public protest by a group of people, often about a political issue.

There were large demonstrations against the war in the city center.
2

noun
An act of showing how something works or how to do something.

The lecture included a live demonstration of the new device.
3

noun
The act of clearly proving that something is true.

Her work was a clear demonstration of how hard she had studied.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a public protest by a group... manifestation march protest

2 noun · an act of showing how... demo presentation

Word family

Forms demonstrations

Derived forms counterdemonstrationdemonstrationalnondemonstrationredemonstrationtelestration

Related forms demo demonstrable demonstrate demonstrator monster remonstration

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lecture demonstration
a demonstration accompanied by spoken explanation for an audience

Noun + noun

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.

demonstracioun Middle English demonstration Old French dēmōnstrātiō Latin

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# demonstration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 6651

## Meanings
1. A public protest by a group of people, often about a political issue.
2. An act of showing how something works or how to do something.
3. The act of clearly proving that something is true.

## Examples
- There were large demonstrations against the war in the city center.
- The lecture included a live demonstration of the new device.
- Her work was a clear demonstration of how hard she had studied.

## Derived Forms
- counterdemonstration
- demonstrational
- nondemonstration
- redemonstration
- telestration

## Related Forms
- demo
- demonstrable
- demonstrate
- demonstrator
- monster
- remonstration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: demonstracioun
- Root: demonstration
- Root: dēmōnstrātiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
demonstration comes 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. The historical chain includes Middle English demonstracioun, Old French demonstration, Latin dēmōnstrātiō. Current senses include A public protest by a group of people, often about a political issue and An act of showing how something works or how to do something. English relatives and later formations include counterdemonstration, demonstrational, nondemonstration, demo, demonstrable.

## Topics
- People & Society

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