(hold a demonstration)
1Demonstration (people) — Monday demonstrations in East Germany helped to bring down the Berlin Wall …
2demonstration — dem|on|stra|tion W3S3 [ˌdemənˈstreıʃən] n 1.) an event at which a large group of people meet to protest or to support something in public peaceful/violent demonstration ▪ Police opened fire on a peaceful demonstration. ▪ The proposals sparked… …
3hold — I UK [həʊld] / US [hoʊld] verb Word forms hold : present tense I/you/we/they hold he/she/it holds present participle holding past tense held UK [held] / US past participle held *** 1) [transitive] to carry something using your hands or arms Can… …
4demonstration — noun 1 (C) an event at which a large group of people march through the streets, in order to publicly protest about something: The new tax proposals sparked mass demonstrations. (+ against): a demonstration against the war | stage/hold a… …
5Demonstration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Demonstration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,479,} demonstration proof Sgm: N 1 conclusiveness conclusiveness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 apodeixis apodeixis apodixis probation comprobation| GRP …
6demonstration — noun 1 public protest/march ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, large scale, major, massive ▪ mass, popular, public …
7hold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act/way of holding sth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, tight ▪ He still had me in a tight hold. VERB + HOLD ▪ catch, get, grab …
8demonstration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of proving Nouns demonstration, substantiation, proof, probation, verification, authentication; confirmation, corroboration, evidence; conclusiveness; test (see experiment); argument (see reasoning) …
9Alexanderplatz demonstration — The Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 in East Berlin The Alexanderplatz demonstration (German: Alexanderplatz Demonstration) was a demonstration for political reforms and against the government of the German Democratic Republic …
102006 protests in Hungary — The 2006 protests in Hungary are a series of anti government protests triggered by the release of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány s private speech in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006… …
