demonstration

See also: Demonstration and démonstration

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

demonstration (plural demonstrations)

1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.

   I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

3. A public display of group opinion.
4. A show of military force.
5. A mathematical proof.
   • a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:

     He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

Related terms

• demonstrable
• demonstrate
• demonstrator
• monster
• remonstration

Translations

act

• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示範, 示范 (zh) (shìfàn), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: demonstracio
• Finnish: havainnollistaminen, demonstrointi
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f

• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 実証 (じっしょう, jisshō)
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Romanian: demonstrație (ro) f, demonstrare (ro) f
• Russian: демонстрация (ru) f (demonstrácija), показ (ru) m (pokáz)
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m
• Spanish: demostración (es) f

event

• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證實, 证实 (zh) (zhèngshí), 演示 (zh) (yǎnshì)

• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Finnish: havainnollistus, demonstraatio, demo (fi)
• French: démonstration (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f, Vorführung f

• Greek: επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)
• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモンストレーション (demonsutorēshon), デモ (ja) (demo)
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f
• Russian: демонстрация (ru) f (demonstrácija), показ (ru) m (pokáz)
• Spanish: demostración (es) f

public display

• Arabic: مُظاهَرة f (muZaahara(t))
• Armenian: ցույց (cʿuycʿ)
• Bulgarian: демонстрация (bg) f (demonstrácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 示威 (zh) (shìwēi)

• Czech: demonstrace f
• Danish: demonstration c
• Dutch: demonstratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: manifestacio
• Faroese: mótmælisgonga f, kravgonga f

• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)
• French: manifestation (fr) f
• German: Demonstration (de) f
• Hebrew: הפגנה (he) f (hafgana)
• Italian: dimostrazione (it) f
• Japanese: デモ (ja) (demo)
• Portuguese: demonstração (pt) f, mostra (pt) f
• Russian: демонстрация (ru) f (demonstrácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Spanish: manifestación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Korean:

  Hangul: 논증

  Romaja: nonjeung

• Latin: demonstratio nominative, demonstrationis genitive; ostentus fourth declension
• Swedish: demonstration (sv) n

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Danish

Noun

demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)

1. demonstration

Inflection

Inflection of demonstration

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	demonstration	demonstrationen	demonstrationer	demonstrationerne
genitive	demonstrations	demonstrationens	demonstrationers	demonstrationernes