demonstrate

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt/ UK /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #7396

Meanings

1

verb
To clearly show that something is true or real.

The experiment demonstrated that the chemical was unstable.
2

verb
To show someone how to do or use something.

Can you demonstrate how the new software works?
3

verb
To take part in a public protest.

Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new law.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to clearly show that... show

2 verb · to show someone how to do... exhibit

3 verb · to take part in a public... march

Word family

Forms demonstrateddemonstratesdemonstrating

Derived forms counterdemonstratedemonstratabledemonstratedly demonstrative demonstratordemonstratorynondemonstratingredemonstrateundemonstrated

Related forms demo demonstrable demonstratedly demonstration monster monstrance prove remonstrate show

Simplified etymology

Demonstrate entered English in the mid-16th century and ultimately derives from Latin monstrare ‘to show’. The same Latin verb is also the source of muster and remonstrate.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de 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 *moneō 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-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”),…

*men- (think) Proto-Indo-European

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# demonstrate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 7396

## Meanings
1. To clearly show that something is true or real.
2. To show someone how to do or use something.
3. To take part in a public protest.

## Examples
- The experiment demonstrated that the chemical was unstable.
- Can you demonstrate how the new software works?
- Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new law.

## Derived Forms
- counterdemonstrate
- demonstratable
- demonstratedly
- demonstrative
- demonstrator
- demonstratory
- nondemonstrating
- redemonstrate
- undemonstrated

## Related Forms
- demo
- demonstrable
- demonstratedly
- demonstration
- monster
- monstrance
- prove
- remonstrate
- show

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *men- (think)

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de 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 *moneō 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-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”),…

## AI Etymology
demonstrate was borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”). Current senses include to clearly show that something is true or real and to show someone how to do or use something. English relatives and later formations include counterdemonstrate, demonstratable, demonstratedly, demo, demonstrable.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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