demonstration

«demonstration» in Mova's school dictionary: showing people how to do something or how something works — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a demonstration, demonstrations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works. tree →

2) A demonstration is a public event where people march or gather to show what they think about something. tree →

3) A demonstration is a way of showing a feeling or quality: a demonstration of love. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, the teacher gives a demonstration of an experiment before pupils try it. In citizenship lessons, people have the right to hold peaceful demonstrations, also called protests. Phrases: give a demonstration, do a demonstration, a peaceful demonstration.

examples

• The teacher gave a demonstration of how a volcano erupts. tree →
• Watch the demonstration before you try. tree →
• The chef did a cooking demonstration. tree →
• Thousands of people joined the demonstration in the city. tree →
• The demonstration was peaceful. tree →
• The firefighter gave a demonstration of how to use the extinguisher. tree →

note

Countable noun. Verb: demonstrate; short form: demo. A protest and a demonstration are similar; a demonstration may also just show how something works. Spelling: de-mon-stra-tion.

In the corpora

• You watch the safety demonstration even if you have seen it before, because each plane can be different.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «demonstration» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.