demonstration
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
Other meanings
A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. en
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
“I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.”
Synonyms
- presentation
Related words
- counterdemonstration
- demonstrational
- nondemonstration
- redemonstration
- telestration
- return demonstration
- demonstration sport
- demonstration garden
Word history
From Latin "dēmōnstrātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “demonstration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.