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Definitions: Demonstrative |
DemonstrativeAdjective1. Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family". 2. Serving to demonstrate. Noun1. A pronoun that points out an intended referent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "demonstrative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
Synonyms: DemonstrativeSynonyms: illustrative (adj), demonstrative pronoun (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: undemonstrative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demonstration | Adjective: demonstrating; Verb:, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary. |
Excitability | Vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap. |
Indication | Adjective: indicating; Verb:, indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual; (special). |
Manifestation | Adjective: manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Demonstrative |
| English words defined with "demonstrative": demonstrative of, Demonstrative pronoun, demonstratively, Demonstratory ♦ effusive, emotional, Epidictical, Evincive ♦ gushing, gushy ♦ It ♦ ostensive ♦ That, This, To bill and coo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "demonstrative": demonstrative bequest, demonstrative gift, demonstrative legacy ♦ programme TERRA ♦ speech clinician, SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, speech therapis. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The oath of office, too, imposed by the legislature, is completely demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | That is, the clinical goals are directed at making patients comfortable and reducing stressors associated with the disease rather than seeking some demonstrative improvement in functional state. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Folks, I'm sitting here thinking that there's a public service we could all engage in that would be reeking of compassion and demonstrative of the heart we all possess. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The progressive increase in the income from postages has equaled the highest expectations, and it affords demonstrative evidence of the growing importance and great utility of this Department. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Demonstrative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.59% of the time. "Demonstrative" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.59% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "demonstrative": demonstrative bequest ♦ demonstrative gift ♦ demonstrative legacy ♦ demonstrative of ♦ Demonstrative pronoun ♦ demonstrative show. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "demonstrative": non-demonstrative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
demonstrative speech | 60 |
demonstrative speech topic | 38 |
demonstrative | 34 |
demonstrative evidence | 19 |
demonstrative speech example | 11 |
idea for demonstrative speech | 10 |
demonstrative pronoun | 9 |
demonstrative topic | 6 |
adjective demonstrative | 6 |
adjective demonstrative spanish | 3 |
demonstrative outline speech | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "demonstrative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | demonstrativ (affected, descriptive), dëftor (indicative), provues (evincive, probationary, probative, tentative, test, tester), i papërmbajtur (ebullient, effuse, effusive, fiery, gushing, harum scarum, hot-blooded, hot-headed, Hotspur, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, jazz, jazzy, lawless, out of hand, rampageous, rampant, unchecked, unconscionable, uncontained, uncontrollable, unreserved, unrestrained, wanton, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معبر عن العواطف, عبر عن عواطفه, إيضاحي, ظهر عواطفه, بياني (declarative, diagrammatic, flowery, graphic, graphical, rhetorical), برهاني (evincive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | убедителен (convincing, eloquent, evidential, fair-spoken, forcible, persuasive, potent, seductive, solid, suasive, telling, vigorous, weighty), открит (above board, bare, bleak, discovered, exposed, free for all, ingenuous, obvious, open, open air, openhearted, outspoken, overt, public, straight, straightforward, transparent, unclosed, uncovered, unscreened, unshaded, wind swept), нагледен (descriptive, graphic, synoptic), експанзивен (boisterous, expansive), показателен (enlightening, evincible, exponential, indicative, indicatory, significant, symptomatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 示范性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | demonstrativní, ukazovací (directive), projevující se, prùkazný (conclusive, damning), ostentativní (ostentatious), objasòující. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | demonstrativ reaktion (demonstrative reaction), Pilotprojekter af nyskabende karakter og/eller med eksempelværdi vedrørende fysisk planlægning i specifikke områder (Innovative and/or demonstrative pilot projects on spatial planning in specific areas, TERRA). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanwýzend voornaamwoord (demonstrative pronoun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | demonstrativo (demonstrative pronoun), montra pronomo (demonstrative pronoun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مدلل کننده , ضمیراشاره , صفت اشاره , اسم اشاره , اثبات کننده (Demonstrator), شرح دهنده (Exponent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | demonstratiivinen, mielenosoituksellinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | démonstratif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanwizend foarnamwurd (demonstrative pronoun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | demonstrativ (acclamatory, ostentatious, pointed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκδηλωτικόσ (ebullient), αποδεικτικόσ (evidential, substantiative), διαχυτικόσ (communicative, effusion, effusive, gushy, pervasive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפ'ין (demonstrator), "פ' תי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tüntető (demonstrator, splurge), nyíltszívű (effusive, simple-hearted), meggyőző (cogent, conclusive, convincing, persuasive, persuasory, seductive), bizonyító (decisive, evidentiary, justificative, justificatory), bebizonyító (discursive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | demonstratif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | espansivo (dilatable, distensible, effusive, expansive, malleable, outgoing, warm-hearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 指示詞 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しじし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seyr-chreeagh (candid, open-hearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emonstrativeday demonstrativo (demonstrative pronoun, determinative, evirate). (various references) doveditor (conclusive, convincing, evidential, sustaining), demonstrativ (eloquent, expansive, graphic, graphical, illustrative, telling). (various references) наглядный (visual). (various references) demonstrativan, pokazni (indicatory), pokazan. (various references) demostrativo (expositive, indicative, leaflet). (various references) demonstrativ, bevisande (conclusive, demonstration). (various references) kesin olarak ispatlayan, inandırıcı (cogent, colorable, conclusive, convincing, credible, evidential, evidentiary, likely, persuasive, potent, vivid), işaret zamiri, hislerini açığa vuran, göze çarpan (arresting, bold, broad, conspicuous, crying, noticeable, ostensible, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, sharp, signal, staring, visible), belirtici (descriptive, enunciative). (various references) що ясно показу", наочний (apparent, demonstrable, descriptive, ocular, ostensive, visual), експансивний (effusive, expansive), показовий (exponential, expository), переконливий (cogent, commanding, conclusive, convictive, convincing, decisive, forcible, ostensive, persuasive, powerful, stringent), доказовий (arguable, argumentative, demonstrable, evidential, evidentiary, probative, probatory, provable, proveable, testimonial), довідний (demonstrable), демонстративний (defiant). (various references) hay giãi b y tâm sự. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "demonstrative": demonstratively, demonstrativeness, demonstrativenesses, demonstratives. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "demonstrative": undemonstrative. (additional references) | |
Words containing "demonstrative": undemonstratively, undemonstrativeness, undemonstrativenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Demonstrative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demonstative, demostrative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "demonstrative" (pronounced di'mÄ"nstrutiv) |
| 7 | -s t r u t i v | illustrative. |
| 6 | -t r u t i v | nutritive. |
| 5 | -r u t i v | commemorative, comparative, curative, decorative, imperative, interpretive, lucrative, narrative, pejorative, restorative, secretive. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, communicative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, definitive, degenerative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, imaginative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, intuitive, laxative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, operative, palliative, participative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: demonstrate, marionettes, remotivated, remotivates. | |
-3 letters: advisement, denotative, detonative, detriments, divestment, endometria, maisonette, marionette, martensite, meditators, mistreated, monetarist, orientated, orientates, overstated, reinstated, remotivate, straitened, terminated, terminates, travestied, trematodes. | |
-4 letters: admitters, adroitest, advertent, advertise, amnestied, amortised, anteverts, antidotes, antimeres, attenders, averments, demeanors, dementias, derivates, desertion, detainers, detonates, detriment, deviators, diameters, dominates, domineers, donatives, dosimeter, dreamiest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: demonstratives. | |
+2 letters: demonstratively, undemonstrative. | |
+4 letters: demonstrativeness, undemonstratively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6D 6F 6E 73 74 72 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -- --- -. ... - .-. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101101 01101111 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e m o n s t r a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006D 006F 006E 0073 0074 0072 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717981808586846786758871 |
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