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demo

(demoʊ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense demos, present participle demoing, past participle demoed
1. countable noun
A demo is a demonstration by a group of people to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
[British, informal]
...an anti-racist demo.
2. countable noun
A demo is a demonstration in which someone shows you how to do something or how it works.
[informal]
'Simply lift your left foot over your right and back again,' he said, giving me aquick demo.
You can watch product demos on their website.
3. verb
If you demo something, you demonstrate how to do it or how it works.
[informal]
She will demo recipes on stage. [VERB noun]
4. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A demo is a CD or tape with a sample of someone's music recorded on it.
[informal]
He listened to one of my demo tapes.
Send us a demo with one or two of your best songs.

demo in British English

(ˈdɛməʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -os informal
1.  short for demonstration (sense 4)
2. 
a. 
a demonstration record or tape, used for audition purposes
b. 
a demonstration of a prototype system
3.  US short for demonstrator (sense 3)
verb
4.  short for demonstrate (sense 4)
5. 
to demonstrate a new or updated application, operating system, console, etc

demo- in British English

or before a vowel dem-
combining form
indicating people or population
demography
Word origin
from Greek dēmos

demo in American English

(ˈdɛmoʊ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈdemos
1. 
a phonograph or tape recording made to demonstrate the talent of a performer, quality of a song, etc.
2. 
a. 
demonstration (sense 3)
b.  Chiefly British
demonstration (sense 5)
c.  US
demonstrator (sense 2)

Examples of 'demo' in a sentence
demo

We were driving in the car and I was playing this demo tape.
The Sun (2016)
Foster encouraged him to make a demo and offered to help him to get a record deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He used to play guitar for me and we recorded demos together.
The Sun (2012)
She kept in touch by sending him letters and demo tapes.
The Sun (2006)
His dad supported his attendance at the first demo.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Or watch one of the regular cookery demos.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He recorded a demo with a school friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Student leaders last night said they will stage their next demo on the day of the fees vote.
The Sun (2010)
The next rung in their climb up the ladder towards being successful rebels is cutting a demo record.
Christianity Today (2000)
The big problem for me is that they went off with the demo tapes to the songs we had been recording.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was recorded as a demo.
The Sun (2012)
It still serves today as the venue for fairs, fashion shows and student demos.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Police admit they slipped up at the London student demo.
The Sun (2010)
If unsure, download the demo first and hold on to your lunch.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I'M scared by today's student demo.
The Sun (2011)
They write their lyrics over e-mail and record demos at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We told her that the next time we wrote a song that was right for her we would ask her to make the demo.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A demo was staged on the playing fields.
The Sun (2009)
Russian expats staged a demo.
The Sun (2016)
And to think two years ago I was giving his security guards my demo after a show.
The Sun (2014)
Three young men appeared at Westminster court on Friday charged with obstructing police at the student demo.
The Sun (2015)

In other languages
demo

British English: demo /ˈdɛməʊ/ NOUN
A demo is a march or gathering by a group of people to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
...an anti-racist demo.
  • American English: demo
  • Arabic: مُظَاهَرَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: demonstração
  • Chinese: 演示
  • Croatian: demonstracija
  • Czech: demonstrace
  • Danish: demonstration
  • Dutch: demo
  • European Spanish: manifa
  • Finnish: demo
  • French: manif
  • German: Demo
  • Greek: διαδήλωση
  • Italian: manifestazione
  • Japanese: デモ
  • Korean: 데모
  • Norwegian: demo
  • Polish: demo
  • European Portuguese: demonstração
  • Romanian: manifestație
  • Russian: демонстрация
  • Latin American Spanish: demo
  • Swedish: demoskiva
  • Thai: การประท้วง
  • Turkish: gösterim örnekleme
  • Ukrainian: демонстрація
  • Vietnamese: cuộc biểu tình

Chinese translation of 'demo'

demo

(ˈdɛməu) (Brit) (inf)

n abbr (c)

  1. (= demonstration) 示威 (shìwēi)
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