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When someone does a demonstration, they show people exactly how to do something, or they show how something works or how it is made.
The demonstration of the exercise equipment helped the students understand all the ways the equipment can be used.- similar words:
- description, display, example, exhibit, exhibition, explanation, illustration, show
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When people put on a demonstration, they come together in a public place to show how they feel about something important to them. Sometimes they are against something, and sometimes they are for something. They often hold up signs and loudly shout things all together.
People were angry about the new law, so they put on a noisy demonstration in front of the city hall.- similar words:
- assembly, display, exhibition, meeting, parade, protest, show, strike
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| related words: |
experiment, flash |
| derivation: |
demonstrational (adj.) |
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