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# demonstration

noun (a demonstration, demonstrations)

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

## Everyday

1. A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#m1)
2. A demonstration is a public event where people march or gather to show what they think about something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#m2)
3. A demonstration is a way of showing a feeling or quality: a demonstration of love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x1)
- Watch the demonstration before you try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x2)
- The chef did a cooking demonstration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x3)
- Thousands of people joined the demonstration in the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x4)
- The demonstration was peaceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x5)
- The firefighter gave a demonstration of how to use the extinguisher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demonstration/#x6)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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

- "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/demonstration/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

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