demonstrate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
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
    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with etymology trees#DEMONSTRATECategory:English entries with etymology trees#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#DEMONSTRATECategory:English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs#DEMONSTRATE Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)#DEMONSTRATE

    Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#DEMONSTRATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#DEMONSTRATE dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#DEMONSTRATE. Cognate with French démontrer.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)Category:English lemmas#DEMONSTRATECategory:English verbs#DEMONSTRATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with entries#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#DEMONSTRATE

    1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DEMONSTRATE) To show how to use (something).
      Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?Category:English terms with usage examples#DEMONSTRATE
      • 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”, in 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.
        Category:English terms with quotations#DEMONSTRATE
    2. To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
    3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#DEMONSTRATE) To participate in or organize a demonstration.
      Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.Category:English terms with usage examples#DEMONSTRATE
    4. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#DEMONSTRATE) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

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    Translations

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    See also

    Category:English raising verbs#DEMONSTRATE

    Esperanto

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    demonstrateCategory:Esperanto non-lemma forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Esperanto participles#DEMONSTRATECategory:Esperanto adverbial participles#DEMONSTRATECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with entries#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#DEMONSTRATE

    1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstriCategory:Esperanto adverbial participles#DEMONSTRATE

    Ido

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    demonstrateCategory:Ido non-lemma forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Ido participles#DEMONSTRATECategory:Ido adverbial participles#DEMONSTRATECategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with entries#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#DEMONSTRATE

    1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

    Latin

    Verb

    dēmōnstrāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Latin verb forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with entries#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#DEMONSTRATE

    1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēmōnstrō

    Participle

    dēmōnstrāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Latin participle forms#DEMONSTRATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with entries#DEMONSTRATECategory:Pages with 4 entries#DEMONSTRATE

    1. vocative masculine singular of dēmōnstrātus
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