demonstrative
pronunciation
How to pronounce demonstrative in British English:
UK [dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv]
How to pronounce demonstrative in American English:
US [dɪˈmɑnstrətɪv]
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- Noun:
- a pronoun that points out an intended referent
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- Adjective:
- given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
- serving to demonstrate
Word Origin
- demonstrative (adj.)
- late 14c., "characterized by logic, based on logic," from Old French démonstratif (14c.), from Latin demonstrativus "pointing out, demonstrating," from past participle stem of demonstrare (see demonstration). Grammatical sense, "pointing out the thing referred to," is mid-15c. Meaning "given to outward expressions of feelings" is from 1819. Demonstrative pronoun is late 16c.
Example
- 1. National eco-building materials demonstrative exhibition center .
- 2. Demonstrative research to build and evaluate clinical directions to treat sudden deafness .
- 3. As personal pronoun or demonstrative pronoun .
- 4. Leoascendant is very demonstrative , and they like drama and grand gestures .
- 5. These theories and new achievements of demonstrative research are important to be referenced in observing and analyzing the social structure of current china .