demonstrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

   The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound

2. 2
   verb

   To show how to use (something).

   Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?

3. 3
   verb

   To participate in or organize a demonstration.

   Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   provide evidence for

6. 6
   verb

   give an exhibition of to an interested audience

7. 7
   verb

   march in protest

8. 8
   verb

   To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.

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”),…