demo

CEFRB1

/ˈdɛm.əʊ/

noun

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01
noun
A short sample showing how something works or sounds.
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noun
Extra detail
A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

After hearing the demo, the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.
The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.

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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.
2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33
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.”
2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business
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?’
2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!
1995, dro...@vnet.ibm.com, “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, 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.
1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet)

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Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".