demonstrate
to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
to describe, explain, or illustrate by examples, specimens, experiments, or the like: to demonstrate the force of gravity by dropping an object.
to manifest or exhibit; show: He demonstrated his courage by his actions in battle.
to display openly or publicly, as feelings: to demonstrate one's anger by slamming a door.
to exhibit the operation or use of (a device, process, product, or the like), usually to a purchaser or prospect: to demonstrate an automobile.
to make, give, or take part in, a demonstration: The pickets required a license to demonstrate.
Military. to attack or make a show of force to deceive an enemy.
Origin of demonstrate
1Other words for demonstrate
Other words from demonstrate
- dem·on·strat·ed·ly, adverb
- coun·ter·dem·on·strate, verb (used without object), coun·ter·dem·on·strat·ed, coun·ter·dem·on·strat·ing.
- pre·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), pre·dem·on·strat·ed, pre·dem·on·strat·ing.
- re·dem·on·strate, verb, re·dem·on·strat·ed, re·dem·on·strat·ing.
- sub·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), sub·dem·on·strat·ed, sub·dem·on·strat·ing.
- un·dem·on·strat·ed, adjective
- well-dem·on·strat·ed, adjective
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How to use demonstrate in a sentence
Emotional AI assistants, though relatively nascent, could provide mental-health support and have been demonstrated to improve the social skills of autistic children.
Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence | Karen Hao | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewEarly adopters of Instagram demonstrated that if you can find the right strategy to leverage the platform during its initial days, you can easily become the top influencer and monetize your success.
What you must know about TikTok for business | Connie Benton | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine WatchNor has China’s leadership demonstrated much sympathy for Zhang’s dilemma.
Scientists will have to show extensive data demonstrating that off-target edits are rare, and that the early development of genetically-altered embryos is similar to non-edited ones in the lab.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing | Shelly Fan | September 15, 2020 | Singularity HubThe third is that they should be able to demonstrate that they fulfill both criteria by measuring and reporting their performances against them.
50 years later, Milton Friedman’s shareholder doctrine is dead | jakemeth | September 13, 2020 | Fortune
He was trying, I think, to demonstrate balance and equivalence.
Over the course of the year, Klaus would repeatedly, through word and deed, demonstrate his sympathies with Putin.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute | James Kirchick | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like.
Some of the comments on this very video actually demonstrate their point in a kind of twisted metastatement.
One day, he took a monk with a cleanly shaven head and had him walk around a light bulb to demonstrate this theory.
For the subsoil of the whole country is very rich, as trees of immense size and height readily demonstrate.
Practical men were therefore generally of the opinion that they could best demonstrate their rights by exhibiting their power.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerTo demonstrate them, a crust or a hair from the affected area is softened with a few drops of 20 per cent.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddWe are ourselves satisfied, and undertake to demonstrate to our readers, that this question must be answered in the affirmative.
And then he proceeded with circumspection and dignity to demonstrate the process of decocting that mysterious beverage.
The Fifth String | John Philip Sousa
British Dictionary definitions for demonstrate
/ (ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt) /
(tr) to show, manifest, or prove, esp by reasoning, evidence, etc: it is easy to demonstrate the truth of this proposition
(tr) to evince; reveal the existence of: the scheme later demonstrated a fatal flaw
(tr) to explain or illustrate by experiment, example, etc
(tr) to display, operate, and explain the workings of (a machine, product, etc)
(intr) to manifest support, protest, etc, by public parades or rallies
(intr) to be employed as a demonstrator of machinery, etc
(intr) military to make a show of force, esp in order to deceive one's enemy
Origin of demonstrate
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