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demonstrate

verb
/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/US/ɖᵻˈmɔns.ʈreʈ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ 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”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.

  1. borrowed from dēmonstrātus

Definitions

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

  3. To participate in or organize a demonstration.

    • Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To show, display, or present

      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.
      • "What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"

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Derived

counterdemonstrate, demonstratable, demonstratedly, demonstrative, demonstrator, demonstratory, nondemonstrating, redemonstrate, undemonstrated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at demonstrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at demonstrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at demonstrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA