demonstrate

present (v1)

demonstrate

past (v2)

demonstrated

past participle (v3)

demonstrated

present participle

demonstrating

3rd person singular

demonstrates

1. 1.To show how to use (something).

   • 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.

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

3. 3.To participate in or organize a demonstration.

   • Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.

4. 4.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.

Overall

Common· #1512

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Common

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• exhibit
• show