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The answer DEMONSTRATIVE has 6 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of demonstrative in various dictionaries:
noun - a pro noun that points out an intended referent
adj - given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
adj - serving to demonstrate
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serving as conclusive evidence of something. |
(of a person) unrestrained in showing feelings, especially those of affection. |
given to or marked by the open expression of emotion |
a pronoun that points out an intended referent |
serving to demonstrate |
(of a determiner or pronoun) indicating the person or thing referred to (e.g. this, that, those). |
Serving as conclusive evidence of something. |
A demonstrative determiner or pronoun. |
Grammar A demonstrative pronoun or adjective. |
Involving or characterized by demonstration. |
Demonstrative description |
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Demonstratives (abbreviated DEM) are words, such as 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 are often used in spatial deixis (using the context of the physical surroundings of the speaker and sometimes the listener), but also in intra-discourse reference - so called "discourse deixis" (including abstract concepts) or * anaphora, where the meaning is dependent on something other than the relative physical location of the speaker, for example whether something is currently being said or was said earlier. * Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put that coat on); and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put that on). The demonstratives in English are this, that, these, those, and the archaic yon and yonder, along |