different between clue vs demonstration
clue
English
Etymology
Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English cl?ewen (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuw?n?, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to amass, conglomerate; clump, ball, bale”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /klju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: clew
Noun
clue (plural clues)
- (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
Synonyms
- (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion): hint, indication, suggestion
- (object or indication which may be used as evidence): signature
- (understanding): idea
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- evidence
- red herring
Verb
clue (third-person singular simple present clues, present participle cluing or clueing, simple past and past participle clued)
- To provide with a clue.
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Derived terms
- clue in
- clued up
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Luce, leuc-, luce
Latin
Verb
clu?
- second-person singular present active imperative of clue?
Middle English
Noun
clue
- Alternative form of clewe
clue From the web:
- what clueless character are you
- what clues support your inference
- what clue character are you
demonstration
English
Etymology
From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).Morphologically demonstrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?m?n?st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
demonstration (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrations)
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. (clarification of this definition is needed)
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- A show of military force.
- A mathematical proof.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
- He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
Related terms
- demonstrable
- demonstrate
- demonstrator
- monster
- remonstration
- demo
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????????? (demonsutor?shon)
Translations
Anagrams
- nonmeditators
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dem?nsd????o?n/
Noun
demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)
- demonstration
Declension
Further reading
- “demonstration” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “demonstration” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
demonstration From the web:
- what demonstration mean
- what demonstration is given to show diffusion
- what demonstrations are in london today
- what demonstration method
- what demonstration is going on in london today
- what demonstrations are happening in london today
- what does demonstration mean
- what is an example of demonstration
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