demo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm.oʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛməʊ

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demo (plural demos)

2. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

   The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.

   • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:

     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.

   • 2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     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.”

4. (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.

6. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

   Synonym: floor model

8. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

   Synonyms: march, demonstration

   • 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     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?’

10. (computing, 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.

12. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
    • 1995, [email protected], “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):

      Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!

    • 1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, 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.

    • 2007, Game Face, numbers 21-25:

      Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet […]

    • 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:

      A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew […]

14. (informal) A democrat.
16. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
    • 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books‎^[2], volume 22, number 18, →ISSN:

      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’.

    • 2005, Market Watch, page 41:

      Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.

    • 2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine‎^[3]:

      Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used. Demo ratings are how linear networks measure success; taste communities are the tool Netflix relies on to drive viewers to new material it estimates they might want to watch.

18. (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.

• → Portuguese: demo

demo (not comparable)

1. (of a commercial product) designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.
   • December 21, 2022, u/[deleted], Reddit r/peopleofwalmart:

     This Nutty Kid leavin' 'Crazy Face Selfies' On Demo Products...

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

1. (informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.

   The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.

2. (informal) To demonstrate.

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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).
   • 2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies →ISBN, page 336:

     This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode

Borrowed from English demo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdemo/, [ˈde̞mo̞]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification^(key): de‧mo
• Hyphenation^(key): de‧mo

demo

1. demo (brief demonstration)

• “demo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Edmo, mode

From Old Galician-Portuguese demõ (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo̝/

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: diabo, diaño

2. (uncountable) the Devil
3. (figurative) an evil person

   O demo ós seus quer. (proverb) ― Devil loves his own people.

4. (figurative) a playful kid

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “demo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “demo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “demo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “demo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɛmo
• Hyphenation: dè‧mo

demo m (plural demi)

1. demo
2. deme

• medo, mode

demo

1. Rōmaji transcription of でも

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.mo]

From dē- (“from, away from, out of”) +‎ emō (“I acquire, I obtain”).

dēmō (present infinitive dēmere, perfect active dēmpsī, supine dēmptum); third conjugation

1. to remove, take away, or subtract

   Synonyms: rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, removeō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, āmoveō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō

2. (with Dative or with dē + Ablative) to withhold, take away, subtract from

• demptiō
• vīndēmia

• → Asturian: demer, dimir

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dēmō

1. dative/ablative singular of dēmos

• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    
  • to make a thing credible: fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
    
  • to deliver some one from slavery: iugum servile alicui demere
    
• “demo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[6]
• “demo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

• IPA^(key): /demu/

demo m (definite singular demoen, indefinite plural demoar, definite plural demoane)

1. (music) a demo (e.g. a music album)
2. (informal, politics) short form of demonstrasjon

From Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.mo/

demo m (plural demões)

1. (uncountable, Christianity) the Devil; Satan
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.

2. a devil; a demon
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

• (Satan): diabo, Locifer, satanas
• (devil): demonio, diablo, diaboo, diabre

• Galician: demo
• Portuguese: demo

From Old Galician-Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

demo m (plural demos)

1. devil; demon

   Synonyms: capeta, demónio, diabo, diabrete

From English demo, from demonstration.

demo f (plural demos)

1. (computing) demo (a software edition of limited functionality)

demo m or f (plural demos, not comparable)

1. (computing, of a software) of limited functionality

• IPA^(key): /ˈdemo/ [ˈd̪e.mo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Syllabification: de‧mo

demo m (plural demos)

1. (music) demo

• “demo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024