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  • demonstrate — v. 1) to demonstrate convincingly 2) (B) ( to explain by showing ) they demonstrated the new invention to us 3) (D; intr.) ( to protest by marching ) to demonstrate against (the students demonstrated against the government) 4) (D; intr.) ( to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • demonstrate — [[t]de̱mənstreɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstrated 1) VERB To demonstrate a fact means to make it clear to people. [V n] The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality... [V that] You have to demonstrate… …   English dictionary

  • demonstrate — dem|on|strate W2 [ˈdemənstreıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: demonstratus, past participle of demonstrare, from monstrare to show ] 1.) [T] to show or prove something clearly ▪ The study demonstrates the link between poverty and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • demonstrate */*/*/ — UK [ˈdemənˌstreɪt] / US verb Word forms demonstrate : present tense I/you/we/they demonstrate he/she/it demonstrates present participle demonstrating past tense demonstrated past participle demonstrated 1) [transitive] to show clearly that… …   English dictionary

  • demonstrate — dem|on|strate [ demən,streıt ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to show someone how to do something by doing it yourself: Various techniques will be demonstrated. a ) to show clearly that something is true or that it exists: an experiment intended to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • demonstrate — verb 1 (T) to show or prove something clearly: These findings clearly demonstrate the fact that unemployment leads to poor health. | demonstrate that: Edwin Hubble demonstrated that ours was not the only galaxy. 2 (T) to show or describe how… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • demonstrate — Synonyms and related words: account for, adumbrate, advertise, affect, afford proof of, air, allegorize, approve, argue, ascertain, attest, audit, balance, balance the books, beef, bespeak, betoken, bitch, blazon forth, body forth, boggle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • demonstrate — I (establish) verb authenticate, circumstantiate, clarify, confirm, corroborate, display, elucidate, evince, exemplify, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay out, make clear, make evident, make plain, manifest, perform, point… …   Law dictionary

  • demonstrate — verb 1 show ADVERB ▪ amply, beyond doubt, clearly, conclusively, convincingly, effectively, powerfully, successfully, well ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • demonstrate — 01. Protesters [demonstrated] against cuts to the education budget outside the Parliament Buildings today. 02. The [demonstration] against U.S. foreign policy outside the American Embassy got ugly when people started throwing rocks and breaking… …   Grammatical examples in English

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