demonstrate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪt/

Verb

demonstrate (demonstrates, present participle demonstrating; 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", 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

Translations

• French: démontrer
• German: demonstrieren
• Portuguese: demonstrar
• Russian: пока́зывать
• Spanish: demostrar

Translations

• German: demonstrieren, aufzeigen
• Portuguese: demonstrar
• Russian: демонстри́ровать
• Spanish: mostrar

Translations

• French: manifester
• German: demonstrieren
• Italian: manifestare
• Spanish: manifestar

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