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# demo

«demo» in Mova's school dictionary: **A demonstration: showing how something works or is done** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A demonstration: showing how something works or is done. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [A demo is a rough first recording made to show the idea of a song; it does not need to sound perfect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/13/)
- [Ollie tried a shortcut: he secretly downloaded the free demo of an older game on the family console.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/21/)
- [Not for playing a demo, his mum said, but for sneaking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «demo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.