Wiktionary

demonstrate

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrō, dēmonstrātus (“I show”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

VerbEdit

demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple 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

ConjugationEdit

conjugation of demonstrate
infinitive demonstrate
present participle demonstrating
past participle demonstrated
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I demonstrate we demonstrate I am demonstrating we are demonstrating I have demonstrated we have demonstrated I have been demonstrating we have been demonstrating
you demonstrate you demonstrate you are demonstrating you are demonstrating you have demonstrated you have demonstrated you have been demonstrating you have been demonstrating
he demonstrates they demonstrate he is demonstrating they are demonstrating he has demonstrated they have demonstrated he has been demonstrating they have been demonstrating
past I demonstrated we demonstrated I was demonstrating we were demonstrating I had demonstrated we had demonstrated I had been demonstrating we had been demonstrating
you demonstrated you demonstrated you were demonstrating you were demonstrating you had demonstrated you had demonstrated you had been demonstrating you had been demonstrating
he demonstrated they demonstrated he was demonstrating they were demonstrating he had demonstrated they had demonstrated he had been demonstrating they had been demonstrating
future I will demonstrate we will demonstrate I will be demonstrating we will be demonstrating I will have demonstrated we will have demonstrated I will have been demonstrating we will have been demonstrating
you will demonstrate you will demonstrate you will be demonstrating you will be demonstrating you will have demonstrated you will have demonstrated you will have been demonstrating you will have been demonstrating
he will demonstrate they will demonstrate he will be demonstrating they will be demonstrating he will have demonstrated they will have demonstrated he will have been demonstrating they will have been demonstrating
conditional I would demonstrate we would demonstrate I would be demonstrating we would be demonstrating I would have demonstrated we would have demonstrated I would have been demonstrating we would have been demonstrating
you would demonstrate you would demonstrate you would be demonstrating you would be demonstrating you would have demonstrated you would have demonstrated you would have been demonstrating you would have been demonstrating
he would demonstrate they would demonstrate he would be demonstrating they would be demonstrating he would have demonstrated they would have demonstrated he would have been demonstrating they would have been demonstrating
imperative demonstrate

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See alsoEdit

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

demonstrate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstri

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

demonstrate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

LatinEdit

VerbEdit

dēmōnstrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēmōnstrō

ParticipleEdit

dēmōnstrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēmōnstrātus
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