Meaning

9 senses
  1. (informal)A demonstration or visual explanation.

    The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.

    Demonstration

    демонстра́цияdemonstrácija, пока́зpokáz

  2. (informal)A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

    After hearing the demo, the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.

    демоdemo, демоза́письdemozápisʹ

  3. (informal)An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

  4. (informal)A march or gathering to make a political protest.

    демонстра́цияdemonstrácija, ше́ствиеšéstvije

  5. (informal)An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.

    The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.

    a visual presentation showing how something works

  6. (informal)A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.

  7. (informal)A democrat.

  8. (collective, informal)A demographic group.

  9. (informal)Demolition.

    The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. A free demo is available.

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  2. Did you listen to Tom's demo?

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  3. The big demo is tomorrow.

    Велика презентація буде завтра.

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  4. He wants to hear the demo.

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  5. The demo sounds better than the original.

    ruДемо-версия звучит лучше оригинала.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
a brief demonstration or visual explanation:
a short recording of a song etc for publicity:
a march or gathering to make a political protest:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a brief demonstration or visual explanation:

Origin

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

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