demonstrate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrō, dēmonstrātus (“I show”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)
- (transitive) to show how to use (something).
- Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
- 1987 February 8, Richard Zachs, “Candy is dandy (though maybe not liquor) - so for this Valentine's Day, video may be a whole lot more fun”, in The New York Daily News:
- In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.
- to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
- (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.
- Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
- (transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
- 2016, David A. Graham, “Donald Trump's Disastrous Debate”, in The Atlantic, page http://www.theatlantic.com/liveblogs/2016/10/second-presidential-debate-clinton-trump/503495/:
- The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated.
- 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “CILT report urges £50m infill electrification schemes”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8:
- "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […] "
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of demonstrate
| infinitive | (to) demonstrate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | demonstrate | demonstrated | |
| 2nd-person singular | demonstrate, demonstratest† | demonstrated, demonstratedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | demonstrates, demonstrateth† | demonstrated | |
| plural | demonstrate | ||
| subjunctive | demonstrate | demonstrated | |
| imperative | demonstrate | — | |
| participles | demonstrating | demonstrated | |
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to show how to use something
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to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation
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to participate in a demonstration
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See also[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
demonstrate
- present adverbial passive participle of demonstri
Ido[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
demonstrate
- adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
dēmōnstrāte
Participle[edit]
dēmōnstrāte
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