demonstrative

UK /dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/ US /dɪˈmɑn.stɹə.tɪv/

adj 3noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

english, hard, many, necessary

VERB + DEMONSTRATIVE

isn't

DEMONSTRATIVE + NOUN

eloquence, family, it's, people, pronoun, pronouns

PREP.

from

ADV.

physically

adj

That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.

an argument necessary and demonstrative

Given to open displays of emotion.

demonstrative eloquence

He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.

That specifies the thing or person referred to.

noun

A demonstrative word

adjective — serving to demonstrate

an argument necessary and demonstrative

Wiktionary

demonstrative eloquence

Wiktionary

He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.

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There are too many demonstrative pronouns. To put it bluntly, it couldn't be harder to understand.

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As Tom isn't very demonstrative, it's hard to tell how he feels about my good news.

Tatoeba · #2866183

"This" and "that" are English demonstrative pronouns.

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