Demonstration
noun
A public show of feeling or opinion, like a protest.
He joined the demonstration against the government's policy.
Often appears as...
- join a demonstration
- peaceful demonstration
noun
An act of proving or showing how something works or is done.
The salesperson gave us a demonstration of how the vacuum cleaner works.
Often appears as...
- give a demonstration
- demonstration model
noun
An example or evidence showing that something is true.
Her success is a demonstration of the power of hard work.
Often appears as...
- demonstration of power
- demonstration of skill
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Formal
noun
A public show of feeling or opinion, like a protest.
He joined the demonstration against the government's policy.
Often appears as...
- join a demonstration
- peaceful demonstration
noun
An act of proving or showing how something works or is done.
The salesperson gave us a demonstration of how the vacuum cleaner works.
Often appears as...
- give a demonstration
- demonstration model
noun
An example or evidence showing that something is true.
Her success is a demonstration of the power of hard work.
Often appears as...
- demonstration of power
- demonstration of skill
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Public Emotion
Demonstrations often show strong public feelings about issues.
The demonstration gathered thousands, highlighting the city's frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3News Coverage
Major demonstrations usually get covered in the news. They can be landmarks in history.
The civil rights demonstration of the 1960s was a pivotal moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Movement
A demonstration can be part of a bigger social movement driving change.
The climate change demonstration united various environmental groups.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Emotion
Demonstrations often show strong public feelings about issues.
The demonstration gathered thousands, highlighting the city's frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3News Coverage
Major demonstrations usually get covered in the news. They can be landmarks in history.
The civil rights demonstration of the 1960s was a pivotal moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Movement
A demonstration can be part of a bigger social movement driving change.
The climate change demonstration united various environmental groups.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Emotion
Demonstrations often show strong public feelings about issues.
The demonstration gathered thousands, highlighting the city's frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3News Coverage
Major demonstrations usually get covered in the news. They can be landmarks in history.
The civil rights demonstration of the 1960s was a pivotal moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Movement
A demonstration can be part of a bigger social movement driving change.
The climate change demonstration united various environmental groups.
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that it's the peaceful protests that are more successful at challenging these would-be dictators and reversing coup attempts. It's the peaceful ones, why? Because when the protests turn violent, all that chaos and carnage actually chases away supporters. So rather than demonstrations getting bigger,
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Brain magic PIPE Keith Barry
then I don't look at it. But if I wanted you to look at my right hand, then I look at it, too. You see, it's very simple, once you know how, but very complicated in other ways. I'm going to give you some demonstrations right now. I need two people to help me out real quick. Can you come up?
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
Now we take those human demonstrations -- they're all noisy and imperfect -- and we extract from them an inferred task trajectory and control sequence for the robot. We then execute that on the robot, we observe what happens, then we adjust the controls,
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Why are we so attached...
known as the endowment effect where we value items much more highly just as soon as we own them. In one famous demonstration, students were given a choice between a coffee mug or a Swiss chocolate bar as a reward for helping out with research.
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How to speak monkey: The...
the normal long call whistle. In other words, Shakira just said a sentence. Her simple demonstration is just the tip of the iceberg. She's got trills, chatters, multiple whistle calls, more combination vocalizations, even twitters.
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Before the Flood -...
arrogant to think they can change climate the environmental issues have become the biggest reason for mass demonstrations we want to hold them accountable this is the most important issue of our time question is can we change our
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
five years ago and it took us actually three days to print unlike some of the demonstrations earlier in the week and I wanted to really say that music is a very big source of inspiration for me
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A Collection Of Wild...
frozen meat deep in the snow she'll return in a few hours with jasper to see if he can find it just using his sense of smell before that she's got a demonstration to
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Meet the dazzling flying...
Hopefully, these demonstrations will motivate you to dream up new revolutionary roles for flying machines. That ultrasafe one over there for example
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Particles and waves: The...
it's easy to explain Bohr's rule for picking out the special orbits. Once you have the idea that electrons behave like waves, you can go look for it. And within a few years, scientists in the US and UK had observed wave behavior from electrons. These days we have a wonderfully clear demonstration of
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
that it's the peaceful protests that are more successful at challenging these would-be dictators and reversing coup attempts. It's the peaceful ones, why? Because when the protests turn violent, all that chaos and carnage actually chases away supporters. So rather than demonstrations getting bigger,
Video examples
Brain magic PIPE Keith Barry
then I don't look at it. But if I wanted you to look at my right hand, then I look at it, too. You see, it's very simple, once you know how, but very complicated in other ways. I'm going to give you some demonstrations right now. I need two people to help me out real quick. Can you come up?
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
Now we take those human demonstrations -- they're all noisy and imperfect -- and we extract from them an inferred task trajectory and control sequence for the robot. We then execute that on the robot, we observe what happens, then we adjust the controls,
Video examples
Why are we so attached...
known as the endowment effect where we value items much more highly just as soon as we own them. In one famous demonstration, students were given a choice between a coffee mug or a Swiss chocolate bar as a reward for helping out with research.
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
the normal long call whistle. In other words, Shakira just said a sentence. Her simple demonstration is just the tip of the iceberg. She's got trills, chatters, multiple whistle calls, more combination vocalizations, even twitters.
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Before the Flood -...
arrogant to think they can change climate the environmental issues have become the biggest reason for mass demonstrations we want to hold them accountable this is the most important issue of our time question is can we change our
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
five years ago and it took us actually three days to print unlike some of the demonstrations earlier in the week and I wanted to really say that music is a very big source of inspiration for me
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
frozen meat deep in the snow she'll return in a few hours with jasper to see if he can find it just using his sense of smell before that she's got a demonstration to
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Meet the dazzling flying...
Hopefully, these demonstrations will motivate you to dream up new revolutionary roles for flying machines. That ultrasafe one over there for example
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
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A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Nathan Deal
American Politician
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.
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Jagmeet Singh
Canadian Lawyer
I came from a tradition of demonstrations and protests, and I really believe in them. I think they are powerful ways of bring people together, to organize, to raise awareness, and most importantly to empower people.
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Arthur Scargill
British Politician
Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.
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Rudy Giuliani
American Politician
Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love is. It's finding areas in which other people are more important than you.
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Michael Tilson Thomas
American Musician
Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian Activist
I'm so proud that women are playing a great role in these demonstrations, in this so-called revolution. Because our women showed that women play a great role in everyday life.
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Yahya Jammeh
Politician
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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William Petty
English Economist
I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
Quote examples
A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Nathan Deal
American Politician
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.
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Jagmeet Singh
Canadian Lawyer
I came from a tradition of demonstrations and protests, and I really believe in them. I think they are powerful ways of bring people together, to organize, to raise awareness, and most importantly to empower people.
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Arthur Scargill
British Politician
Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.
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Rudy Giuliani
American Politician
Courage is managing fear to accomplish what you want to accomplish. And it's a great demonstration of love. It's really what love is. It's finding areas in which other people are more important than you.
Quote examples
Michael Tilson Thomas
American Musician
Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important.
Quote examples
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian Activist
I'm so proud that women are playing a great role in these demonstrations, in this so-called revolution. Because our women showed that women play a great role in everyday life.
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Yahya Jammeh
Politician
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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William Petty
English Economist
I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.
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