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# demo

noun (a demo, demos); verb (informal: demo, demos, demoed, demoing); short for demonstration

«demo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A demonstration: showing how something works or is done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#m1)
2. (informal) A public march or meeting where people show they support or are against something; a protest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#m2)
3. A short, early or free version of a song, game or program to show what it is like: «a game demo», «a demo tape». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#m3)
4. (informal verb) To show how something works: «Can you demo the app?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#m4)

### In the lessons

In class the teacher may «do a quick demo» of an experiment. In the news, people «go on a demo» to protest. In games and music, a demo is a sample version. It is a clipped, casual form of «demonstration». Phrases: «give a demo», «do a demo», «go on a demo», «demo version».

### Examples

- The teacher gave us a demo of how to use the microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x1)
- Thousands of people went on a demo about climate change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x2)
- I played the demo of the game before buying it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x3)
- The band recorded a demo in their garage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x4)
- Can you demo the new robot for the class? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x5)
- The cooking demo showed us how to make pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#x6)

### Note

Short for «demonstration»; informal. Plural «demos». Do not confuse with «demon». In formal writing use «demonstration».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «demo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«demo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/demo.html) on Mova free.