Meaning of demonstrate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To show how to use (something).
   transitive
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3. To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
4. To show clearly and deliberately; manifest: demonstrated her skill as a gymnast; demonstrate affection by hugging.
5. To participate in or organize a demonstration.
   intransitive
6. To show to be true by reasoning or adducing evidence; prove: demonstrate a proposition.
7. To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
   transitive
8. To present by experiments, examples, or practical application; explain and illustrate: demonstrated the laws of physics with laboratory equipment.
9. To show the use of (an article) to a prospective buyer: The salesperson plugged in and demonstrated the vacuum cleaner.
10. To give a demonstration: described the dance step, then took a partner and demonstrated.
11. To participate in a public display of opinion: demonstrated against tax hikes.
12. (Logic) (tr) to show, manifest, or prove, esp by reasoning, evidence, etc: it is easy to demonstrate the truth of this proposition.
    tr
13. (tr) to evince; reveal the existence of: the scheme later demonstrated a fatal flaw.
    tr
14. (tr) to explain or illustrate by experiment, example, etc
    tr

Equivalents

Examples

“Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?”

“In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.”

“Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.”

“The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated.”

“"What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"”

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