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demonstrate
verb
1 demonstrate
Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show.
Roget 525:
make manifest,
render manifest
etc.
adj.;
bring forth,
bring forward,
bring to the front,
bring into view;
give notice;
express;
represent,
set forth,
exhibit;
show,
show up;
expose;
produce;
hold up to view,
expose to view;
set before one,
place before one,
lay before one,
one's eyes;
tell to one's face;
trot out,
put through one's paces,
bring to light,
display,
demonstrate,
unroll;
lay open;
draw out,
bring out;
bring out in strong relief;
call into notice,
bring into notice;
hold up the mirror;
wear one's heart upon his sleeve;
show one's face,
show one's colors;
manifest oneself;
speak out;
make no mystery,
make no secret of;
unfurl the flag;
proclaim
etc.
(publish)
531.
indicate
etc.
(direct attention to)
457;
disclose
etc.
529;
elicit
etc.
480.1.
be manifest
etc.
adj.;
appear
etc.
(be visible)
446;
transpire
etc.
(be disclosed)
529;
speak for itself,
stand to reason;
stare one in the face,
rear its head;
give token,
give sign,
give indication of;
tell its own tale
etc.
(intelligible)
518.
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Dutch: exposeren, tentoonstellen
2 demonstrate
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment:
— The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound.
synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show.
Roget 478:
demonstrate,
prove,
establish;
make good;
show,
evince,
manifest
etc.
(be evidence of)
467;
confirm,
corroborate,
substantiate,
verify
etc.
467,
settle the question,
reduce to demonstration,
set the question at rest.
make out,
make out a case;
prove one's point,
have the best of the argument;
draw a conclusion
etc.
(judge)
480.
follow,
follow of course,
follow as a matter of course,
follow necessarily;
stand to reason;
hold good,
hold water.
convince,
persuade
(belief)
484.
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Roget 85:
number,
count,
tally,
tell;
call over,
run over;
take an account of,
enumerate,
muster,
poll,
recite,
recapitulate;
sum;
sum up,
cast up;
tell off,
score,
cipher,
compute,
calculate,
suppute†,
add,
subtract,
multiply,
divide,
extract roots.
algebraize†.
check,
prove,
demonstrate,
balance,
audit,
overhaul,
take stock;
affix numbers to,
page.
amount to,
add up to,
come to.
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Dutch: aantonen, bewijzen, hardmaken, staven, uitwijzen
3 demonstrate
Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes:
— This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness.
synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest.
Dutch: betogen, demonstreren, manifesteren
4 demonstrate
March in protest; take part in a demonstration:
— Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle.
synonym: march.
Dutch: betogen, demonstreren, manifesteren
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demonstrating
adjective
Roget 478:
demonstrating
etc.
v.,
demonstrative,
demonstrable;
probative,
unanswerable,
conclusive;
apodictic†,
apodeictic†,
apodeictical†;
irresistible,
irrefutable,
irrefragable;
necessary.
categorical,
decisive,
crucial.
demonstrated
etc.
v.;
proven;
unconfuted†,
unanswered,
unrefuted†;
evident
etc.
474.
deducible,
consequential,
consectary†,
inferential,
following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction]
convincing,
cogent,
persuasive
(believable)
484.
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