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demonstrative pronoun

demonstrative pronoun noun: a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context and indicates whether the noun is singular or plural and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.

Noun

demonstrative pronoun (plural demonstrative pronouns)

  1. A pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context and indicates whether the noun is singular or plural and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.
    • In the sentence I like this, the word this is a demonstrative pronoun.

demonstrative pronoun meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Thai

demonstrative pronoun in Tamil

சுட்டு பதிலிடு பெயர், சுட்டு பிரதிப் பெயர்ச்சொல்

demonstrative pronoun in Kannada

ತೋರುಪದ

demonstrative pronoun in Tagalog

pronoun which replaces a noun
panghalip na pamatlig

demonstrative pronoun in Thai

pronoun which replaces a noun
นิยมสรรพนาม ní-yá-má-sàp-pá-naam

Forms of demonstrative pronoun

pluraldemonstrative pronouns
alternative formpronoun demonstrative

Questions about demonstrative pronoun

What does demonstrative pronoun mean?
Demonstrative pronoun means a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context and indicates whether the noun is singular or plural and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer.
What is demonstrative pronoun in Tamil?
Demonstrative pronoun in Tamil is சுட்டு பதிலிடு பெயர், சுட்டு பிரதிப் பெயர்ச்சொல். See Demonstrative pronoun meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demonstrative pronoun?
Demonstrative pronoun is a noun.
What is the plural of demonstrative pronoun?
The plural of demonstrative pronoun is demonstrative pronouns.

Words near demonstrative pronoun in the dictionary

  1. demonstrative adjectives
  2. demonstrative determiner
  3. demonstrative determiners
  4. demonstrative legacies
  5. demonstrative legacy
  6. demonstrative pronoun
  7. demonstrative pronouns
  8. demonstratively
  9. demonstrativeness
  10. demonstratives
  11. demonstrativity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demonstrative pronoun (page history and authors); demonstrative pronoun (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demonstrative pronoun (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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