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demonstrative
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Word definitions for demonstrative in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Demonstratives are words like this and that , used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others. They are typically deictic , their meaning depending on a particular frame of its reference . Demonstratives ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES demonstrative pronoun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Dave's not very demonstrative , but I know he loves me. ▪ His parents were never very demonstrative towards him, so he finds it hard to show his own feelings. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, ``this'' and ``that'' are demonstratives.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: demonstrative pronoun ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 that serves to demonstrate, show or prove 2 given to open displays of emotion 3 (context grammar English) that specifies the thing or person referred to n. 1 (context grammar English) A demonstrative word 2 # A demonstrative adjective. 3 # A demonstrative ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ...
Usage examples of demonstrative.
Green seeks to make the Coleridgian metaphysics demonstrative of the truth of Christianity.
The six Chinese boys were less demonstrative than any, but even they came around in a fanlike confrontation, plainly warlike, arms suddenly stiff and ready for anything.
Stanton, on the contrary, grew more undisguised and demonstrative in his attentions, although he aimed to conceal his feeling under the humorous and bantering style of address that was habitual with him.
Then we also implement the word-order seen in Cirion's Oath, with the demonstrative following rather than preceding the noun it connects with: In the entry TA in the Etym, Tolkien actually described tana an anaphoric word for "that", meaning that it refers back to something already mentioned.
He wanted to put his arm around her, but even after living for five years among the dhimmi, he had not yet unbent enough to be demonstrative in public.
The only classes of words that were still allowed to inflect irregularly were the pronouns, the relatives, the demonstrative adjectives, and the auxiliary verbs.
Are you more like a porcupine or a puppy in terms of receiving the demonstrative love of God (whether via His Word, His Spirit bearing witness in your inner being, or His demonstration through a human vessel)?
Nig, equally friendly, though less demonstrative, was a huge black dog, half bloodhound and half deerhound, with eyes that laughed and a boundless good nature.
These two definitions, in passing, are demonstrative of an intuitive type of thought which runs through the language.
The demonstratives may be used together with nouns, producing phrases like "this house" or "that man".
Though not actually observed in any Quenya texts, other demonstratives are mentioned in Tolkien's notes.
Dalova had a demonstrative and affectionate nature, though the strains of the recent past were apparent in her nervous gestures and grimaces, the way she constantly shifted her position by her queen, often tapping her fingers on Allaneth's forearm as she listened to Moreta's explanation of her double Search.
As he saw that the very excess of his emotion was militating against him, by restoring us more to our old relations, he became still more demonstrative.
The reception of the athletes is even more demonstrative, for there is not a man in the assemblage who has not something in wager upon them, though but a mite or farthing.