Demoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɛm.əʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈdɛm.oʊ/
• 韻: -ɛməʊ

語源 1

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

名詞

demo (plural demos)

1. (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.

   The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.

   • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:

     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.

   • 2022 August 11, Catherine Thorbecke, “It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive”, in CNN Business‎:

     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.”

2. (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

   After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.

3. (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.

   Synonym: floor model

4. (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

   Synonyms: march, demonstration

   • 2007, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     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?’

5. (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.

   The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.

6. (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
   • 1995, [email protected], “Demo review - Killing time by oxyron”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet):

     Effect 6: Gouraud spacecut - Probably the worst effect in the demo - has been done miles better before!

   • 1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, 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.

   • 2007, Game Face, numbers 21-25:

     Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet […]

   • 2008, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1:

     A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew […]

7. (informal) A democrat.
8. (informal, collective) A demographic group.
   • 2000 September 21, Hal Foster, “Slumming with Rappers at the Roxy”, in London Review of Books‎, volume 22, number 18, →ISSN:

     No more ‘is it good?’ or even ‘is it original?’, only ‘does it work in the demo?’ – ‘demo’ as in ‘demographics’, not to be confused with ‘democracy’, much less ‘demonstration’.

   • 2005, Market Watch, page 41:

     Our target demo is sports-minded families, and a good part of our clientele is moms who are with dad and the kids.

   • 2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine‎:

     Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used. Demo ratings are how linear networks measure success; taste communities are the tool Netflix relies on to drive viewers to new material it estimates they might want to watch.

9. (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.

   The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.

派生語

派生した語

• → Portuguese: demo

形容詞

demo (not comparable)

1. (of a commercial product) designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.
   • December 21, 2022, u/[deleted], Reddit r/peopleofwalmart:

     This Nutty Kid leavin' 'Crazy Face Selfies' On Demo Products...

語源 2

Clipping of demonstrate.

動詞

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.

   The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.

2. (informal) To demonstrate.

語源 3

Clipping of demolish.

動詞

demo (third-person singular simple present demos, present participle demoing, simple past and past participle demoed)

1. (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).
   • 2004 June 29, Sonja, Salvage Materials before Demolition of House, quoted in The Owner-Builder Book: Construction Bargain Strategies →ISBN, page 336:

     This means we are going to demo the house to the dirt, or hopefully leave one wall standing.

アナグラム

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode

語源 1

From dē- (“from, away from, out of”) +‎ emō (“to acquire, obtain”).

動詞

dēmō (present infinitive dēmere, perfect active dēmpsī, supine dēmptum); third conjugation

1. to remove, take away, or subtract

   Synonyms: rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, removeō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, āmoveō, āvertō, eximō, legō, abdō

2. (with Dative or with dē + Ablative) to withhold, take away, subtract from

Conjugation

派生語

• demptiō
• vīndēmia

派生した語

• → Asturian: demer, dimir

語源 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

名詞

dēmō

1. dative/ablative singular of dēmos

参照

• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “demo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    
  • to make a thing credible: fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
    
  • to deliver some one from slavery: iugum servile alicui demere
    
• “demo”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “demo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray