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demonstrate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /ˈdem.ənˌstɹæɪt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin mōnstrō Latin dēmōnstrō Latin dēmōnstrātusbor. English demonstrate Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To show how to use (something).
   • In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate. 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:
   • Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
2. To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
3. (intransitive) To participate in or organize a demonstration.
   • Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
4. (transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
   • The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated. 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/:
   • "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]" 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “CILT report urges £50m infill electrification schemes”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8:

Forms

Deriveds

demonstratedly · undemonstrated · redemonstrate · demonstrator · nondemonstrating · demonstratable · demonstrative · demonstratory · counterdemonstrate

Relateds

demo · monstrance · demonstration · remonstrate · show · demonstratedly · monster · prove · demonstrable

Translations (84)

hu bemutat (to show how to use something) · el διαδηλώνω (to participate in a demonstration) · sv förevisa (to show how to use something) · ru продемонстри́ровать (to show how to use something) · lij dimostrâ (to show how to use something) · bg демонстрирам (to participate in a demonstration) · be паказа́ць (to show how to use something) · mi porotēhe (to participate in a demonstration) · eo montri (to show how to use something) · sl prikazati (to show how to use something) · ru демонстри́ровать (to show how to use something) · ar تَظَاهَر (to participate in a demonstration) · be пака́зваць (to show how to use something) · ru показа́ть (to show how to use something) · gl demostrar (to show how to use something) · cmn 论证 (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · hu kimutat (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · he הפגין (to participate in a demonstration) · el δείχνω (to show how to use something) · se čájehit miela (to participate in a demonstration) · es demostrar (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · lij dimostrâ (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · pl zademonstrować (to participate in a demonstration) · de demonstrieren (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · cs demonstrovat (to participate in a demonstration) · it manifestare (to participate in a demonstration) · pl zademonstrować (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · es demonstrar (to show how to use something) · hu igazol (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · pl demonstrować (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · de demonstrieren (to participate in a demonstration) · bg показвам (to show how to use something) · th แสดง (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · fi demonstroida (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · nl demonstreren (to show how to use something) · ru пока́зывать (to show how to use something) · eo elmontri (to show how to use something) · fi demonstroida (to participate in a demonstration) · fr démontrer (to show how to use something) · sv demonstrera (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · it dimostrare (to show how to use something) · vi biểu tình (to participate in a demonstration) · hu bizonyít (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · lut ʔugʷus (to show how to use something) · fi demonstroida (to show how to use something) · pt demonstrar (to show how to use something) · eo demonstri (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · es demonstrar (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · es manifestar (to participate in a demonstration) · pl zademonstrować (to show how to use something) · ar احْتَجَّ (to participate in a demonstration) · th สาธิต (to show how to use something) · hu szemléltet (to show how to use something) · se demonstreret (to participate in a demonstration) · ro demonstra (to show how to use something) · fi osoittaa (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · de demonstrieren (to show how to use something) · fi osoittaa mieltään (to participate in a demonstration) · gd tog fianais (to participate in a demonstration) · ca demostrar (to show how to use something) · da demonstrere (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · bg демонстрирам (to show how to use something) · fr manifester (to participate in a demonstration) · eo manifestacii (to participate in a demonstration) · es demostrar (to show how to use something) · la demonstro (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · hu tüntet (to participate in a demonstration) · pl demonstrować (to show how to use something) · fi näyttää (to show how to use something) · la doceo (to show how to use something) · nb demonstrere (to participate in a demonstration) · it dimostrare (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · pl demonstrować (to participate in a demonstration) · sv demonstrera (to participate in a demonstration) · hu bebizonyít (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · pt demonstrar (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · da demonstrere (to show how to use something) · sv demonstrera (to show how to use something) · ru демонстри́ровать (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · ru продемонстри́ровать (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · az nümayiş etdirmək (to show how to use something) · io demonstrar (to show how to use something) · de aufzeigen (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation) · ca demostrar (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation)