demonstrate

Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪt/, (Indic) /ɖeˈmɒnˌsʈreːʈ/

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demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)

1. (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.

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
   • 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. […] "

• show
• prove

• IPA^(key): /demonsˈtrate/
• Rhymes: -ate

demonstrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstri

• IPA^(key): /deˈmonstrate/

demonstrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

dēmōnstrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēmōnstrō

dēmōnstrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēmōnstrātus