"demonstrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-demonstrate.ogg [US] Forms: demonstrates [present, singular, third-person], demonstrating [participle, present], demonstrated [participle, past], demonstrated [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], demonstrate [infinitive]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrō, dēmonstrātus (“I show”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men- (think)}}, {{bor|en|la|demonstro|dēmonstrō, dēmonstrātus|t=I show}} Latin dēmonstrō, dēmonstrātus (“I show”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=demonstrat}}
  1. (transitive) to show how to use (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to show how to use something): nümayiş etdirmək (Azerbaijani), пака́зваць (pakázvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), паказа́ць (pakazácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), показвам (pokazvam) (Bulgarian), демонстрирам (demonstriram) (Bulgarian), demostrar (Catalan), demonstrere (Danish), demonstreren (Dutch), montri (Esperanto), elmontri (Esperanto), näyttää (Finnish), demonstroida (Finnish), démontrer (French), demostrar (Galician), demonstrieren (German), δείχνω (deíchno) (Greek), bemutat (Hungarian), szemléltet (Hungarian), demonstrar (Ido), dimostrare (Italian), doceo (Latin), ʔugʷus (Lushootseed), demonstrować [imperfective] (Polish), zademonstrować [perfective] (Polish), demonstrar (Portuguese), demonstra (Romanian), пока́зывать (pokázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), показа́ть (pokazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), демонстри́ровать (demonstrírovatʹ) [formal, imperfective] (Russian), продемонстри́ровать (prodemonstrírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), prikazati (Slovene), demostrar (Spanish), demonstrera (Swedish), förevisa (Swedish), สาธิต (Thai)
    Sense id: en-demonstrate-en-verb-kMX~fGk6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 39 3 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 32 4 26 Disambiguation of 'to show how to use something': 84 8 1 6
  2. to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation. Translations (to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation): demostrar (Catalan), 论证 (lùnzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), demonstrere (Danish), demonstri (Esperanto), osoittaa (Finnish), demonstroida (Finnish), demonstrieren (German), aufzeigen (German), kimutat (Hungarian), igazol (Hungarian), bizonyít (Hungarian), bebizonyít (Hungarian), dimostrare (Italian), demonstro (Latin), demonstrować [imperfective] (Polish), zademonstrować [perfective] (Polish), demonstrar (Portuguese), демонстри́ровать (demonstrírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), продемонстри́ровать (prodemonstrírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), demostrar (Spanish), demonstrera (Swedish), แสดง (sà-dɛɛng) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-demonstrate-en-verb-aj1c2z2E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 39 3 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 32 4 26 Disambiguation of 'to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation': 8 83 2 7
  3. (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration. Tags: intransitive Translations (to participate in a demonstration): تَظَاهَر (taẓāhar) (Arabic), احْتَجَّ (Arabic), демонстрирам (demonstriram) (Bulgarian), demonstrovat (Czech), manifestacii (Esperanto), osoittaa mieltään (Finnish), demonstroida (Finnish), manifester (French), demonstrieren (German), διαδηλώνω (diadilóno) (Greek), הפגין (hifgín) (Hebrew), tüntet (Hungarian), manifestare (Italian), porotēhe (Maori), demonstrere (Norwegian Bokmål), demonstrować [imperfective] (Polish), zademonstrować [perfective] (Polish), tog fianais (Scottish Gaelic), manifestar (Spanish), demonstrera (Swedish), biểu tình (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-demonstrate-en-verb-UUt6qf90 Disambiguation of 'to participate in a demonstration': 6 7 76 10
  4. (transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-demonstrate-en-verb-jadfcrLu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 39 3 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 32 4 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: demo, demonstrable, demonstratedly, demonstration, monster, monstrance, remonstrate, show, prove

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?",
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          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "deíchno",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "δείχνω"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "bemutat"
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          "code": "la",
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "demonstrar"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "demonstra"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pokázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "word": "пока́зывать"
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          "roman": "pokazátʹ",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "roman": "demonstrírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "word": "демонстри́ровать"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "prodemonstrírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
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          "word": "продемонстри́ровать"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "prikazati"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "demostrar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "demonstrera"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "förevisa"
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          "_dis1": "84 8 1 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to show how to use something",
          "word": "สาธิต"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
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          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demostrar"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lùnzhèng",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "论证"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstrere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstri"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "osoittaa"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstroida"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstrieren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "aufzeigen"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "kimutat"
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          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "dimostrare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstro"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "demonstrować"
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          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
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          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "demonstrírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "демонстри́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodemonstrírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "продемонстри́ровать"
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          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demostrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "demonstrera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 2 7",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà-dɛɛng",
          "sense": "to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation",
          "word": "แสดง"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.",
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        "to participate in or organize a demonstration."
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        "(intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration."
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          "_dis1": "6 7 76 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taẓāhar",
          "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
          "word": "تَظَاهَر"
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          "_dis1": "6 7 76 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
          "word": "احْتَجَّ"
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          "_dis1": "6 7 76 10",
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      "roman": "demonstriram",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "демонстрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "demonstrovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "manifestacii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "osoittaa mieltään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "demonstroida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "manifester"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "demonstrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diadilóno",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "διαδηλώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hifgín",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "הפגין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "tüntet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "manifestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "porotēhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "demonstrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "demonstrować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zademonstrować"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "tog fianais"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "manifestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "demonstrera"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to participate in a demonstration",
      "word": "biểu tình"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demonstrate"
}

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