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demo

/ˈdɛm.əʊ/US/ˈdɛm.oʊ/

demo noun: a demonstration or visual explanation.

Noun

demo (plural demos)

  1. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
    • The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.
    • ER received the first of its own HSTs on September 7 1977, with a handover taking place at York. It then worked a demo run to Darlington with power cars 43057 and 43056.2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33
  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.
  3. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
    Synonyms:
    floor model
  4. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.
    • Elli standing there, takes a sip of her tea, fixes hostile eyes on Somraj and says, ‘Well, what are you waiting for? You signed the petition against yourself, will you now join our demo against you?’2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    march, demonstration
  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.
  6. (informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
    • Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!1995, dro...@vnet.ibm.com, “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet)
    • This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet)
  7. (informal) A democrat.
  8. (collective, informal) A demographic group.
    • No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’.2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 18, →ISSN
    • Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.2005, Market Watch, page 41
  9. (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.
    • The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.

Adjective

demo (not comparable)

  1. designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.
    • This Nutty Kid leavin' 'Crazy Face Selfies' On Demo Products...December 21, 2022, u/[deleted], Reddit r/peopleofwalmart

Verb (1)

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To record a demo version of (a song).
    • The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
  2. (informal, transitive) To demonstrate.
    • We'll be demoing the new version of the software on Thursday.

Verb (2)

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

  1. (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
    • This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies →ISBN, page 336

demo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

demo in Hindi

डेमो, डेमो करें

demo in Tamil

செயல்முறை விளக்கம், செயற்காட்சி, காட்டு

demo in Marathi

डेमो, डेमो करा

demo in Urdu

ڈیمو
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demo in Bengali
ডেমো
demo in Telugu
డెమో, డెమొ, డేమో
demo in Malayalam
ഡെമോ, ഡെമൊ, ഡെമോ ചെയ്യാൻ
demo in Kannada
ಡೆಮೊ, ಡೆಮೋ
demo in Punjabi
ਡੈਮੋ, ਡੇਮੋ, ਡੈਮੋ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
demo in Gujarati
ડેમો, ડેમો કરો, ડેમો કરવા
demo in Odia
ଡେମୋ, ଡେମୋ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଡେମୋ କରିବା
demo in Nepali
डेमो, डेमो गर्नुहोस्, डेमो गर्न

Examples of demo in a sentence

  • But she added that “public demos like this are important for building truly robust conversational AI systems and bridging the clear gap that exists today before such systems can be productionized.”2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business:
  • A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew[…]2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:
  • Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used.2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine:

All 40 example sentences with demo

Synonyms of demo

Forms of demo

Noun
pluraldemos
Verb
third-person singular presentdemos
present participledemoing
past participledemoed
pastdemoed

Origin of demo

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

Clipping of demonstrate.

Clipping of demolish.

Words formed from demo

Phrases with demo

Words that rhyme with demo

Questions about demo

What does demo mean?
Demo means a demonstration or visual explanation.
What is demo in Hindi?
Demo in Hindi is डेमो, डेमो करें. See Demo meaning in Hindi.
How do you use demo in a sentence?
But she added that “public demos like this are important for building truly robust conversational AI systems and bridging the clear gap that exists today before such systems can be productionized.”
What part of speech is demo?
Demo can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce demo?
Demo is pronounced /ˈdɛm.əʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of demo?
The plural of demo is demos.

Words near demo in the dictionary

  1. Demmons
  2. Demmonses
  3. demmy
  4. Demmys
  5. demnition
  6. demo
  7. demo group
  8. demo groups
  9. demo reel
  10. demo reels
  11. demo scene

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: demo (page history and authors); demo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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