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demonstrative

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/
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/dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/ · /ˈdɛm.ən.stɹeɪ.tɪv/ · /dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/ · [dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.ɾɪv] · /dəˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/ · [dəˈmɑn.stɹə.ɾɪv] · /ɖɛ~ɪˈmɔnˌsʈɾeʈɪv/

Definition of demonstrative

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.
    “demonstrative evidence”
    “an argument necessary and demonstrative”
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adj

  1. That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.
    “demonstrative evidence”
    “an argument necessary and demonstrative”
  2. Given to open displays of emotion.
    “demonstrative eloquence”
    “He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.”
  3. That specifies the thing or person referred to.

noun

  1. A demonstrative word
  2. A demonstrative word

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Etymology

From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.

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