demo

¹

[ dem-oh ]

noun

, plural dem·os.

1. demonstration ( defs 4, 6 ).
2. demonstrator ( def 5 ).
3. a recording of a new song or of one performed by an unknown singer or singing group, distributed to disc jockeys, recording companies, etc., to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer.
4. demolition ( def 1 ):

   He does flooring and demo for a living.

verb (used with object)

, dem·oed, dem·o·ing.

1. to try out or exhibit the use of (a product, process, or the like):

   You can demo the game without downloading or buying it.

2. to record (a song) to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer.

Demo

²

[ dem-oh ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural Dem·os.

1. a member of the Democratic Party; Democrat.

demo-

³

1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “people” ( democratic ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( demography ).

demo-

¹

combining_form

1. indicating people or population

   demography

demo

²

/ ˈdɛməʊ /

noun

1. See demonstration
   short for demonstration
2. 1. a demonstration record or tape, used for audition purposes
   2. a demonstration of a prototype system
3. See demonstrator
   short for demonstrator

Word History and Origins

Origin of demo¹

1935–40; by shortening; -o

Origin of demo²

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Origin of demo³

< Greek dēmo-, combining form of dêmos

Word History and Origins

Origin of demo¹

from Greek dēmos

Example Sentences

It combines demos with educational components that help you learn new trends and tactics.

From TechCrunch

Neuralink’s wildly anticipated demo last Friday left me with more questions than answers.

From Singularity Hub 

Neuralink says it will post a link to a livestream of the demo on its website just before before the demo starts at 6 pm ET.

From Vox

Lead Gen Forms can reduce friction for users looking to engage with your company — whether to download a whitepaper, request a demo or sign up for a newsletter — and increase the number of leads you can generate from Quora ad campaigns.

From Search Engine Land

To guide participants along, Roy at NeuroTechX and Picone at Temple University hosted an online demo session on data structure, organization, and analysis, while the challenge maintained a lively Slack channel to support immediate questions.

From Singularity Hub 

In any case, that the American demo teams failed at Omaha because of heavy casualties is a fact.

From The Daily Beast

Its premiere episode attracted 2.2 million viewers and 1.6 demo in the coveted 18-49 age demographic.

From The Daily Beast

It was a slight dip in the demo or a slight dip in the total audience.

From The Daily Beast

I played that demo for them on my phone and they laughed out loud.

From The Daily Beast

World News is the only evening newscast to improve on its news demo performance from the previous season compared to NBC and CBS.

From The Daily Beast

It is always easy to make up a gloomy statement, and this has been done of late to perfection by the demo-secessionists among us.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other side the rock rises sheer and steep, and in it is hollowed out a semi-circular cistern called the Demo.

From Project Gutenberg

Debra finished up and stepped off the stage to a polite round of applause, and they started the demo.

From Project Gutenberg

My mother,” answered Demo, “will send you many more if only you will sleep with her.

From Project Gutenberg

The gray Fate above, or the awful Demo-gorgon beneath, would have its way!

From Project Gutenberg

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