demonstrate
To show how to useTo show how to use (something).
» The students demonstrated against the new government.
Die Studenten demonstrierten gegen die neue Regierung.
Студенты вышли на демонстрацию против нового правительства.
Студенти влаштували демонстрацію проти нового уряду.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To show how to use (something).
Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
demonstrieren
пока́зыватьpokázyvatʹ, показа́тьpokazátʹ, демонстри́роватьdemonstrírovatʹ
To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
demonstrieren, aufzeigen
демонстри́роватьdemonstrírovatʹ, продемонстри́роватьprodemonstrírovatʹ
(intransitive)To participate in or organize a demonstration.
Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
demonstrieren
(transitive)To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
- march in protest; take part in a demonstration
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
Examples
154 sentencesThe students demonstrated against the new government.
Студенти влаштували демонстрацію проти нового уряду.
ruСтуденты вышли на демонстрацию против нового правительства.
deDie Studenten demonstrierten gegen die neue Regierung.
Allow me to demonstrate.
Дозвольте мені продемонструвати.
ruПозволь мне продемонстрировать.
Tom demonstrated how the device worked.
Tom demonstrated how the machine worked.
Tom demonstrated how to core an apple.
deTom zeigte mir, wie man das Gehäuse eines Apfels entfernt.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, pBorrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.
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Forms
demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstrated, demonstrated| Base form | demonstrate · to demonstrate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | demonstrates |
| Present participle | demonstrating |
| Past simple | demonstrated |
| Past participle | demonstrated |
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- march in protest; take part in a demonstration:march
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment:proveestablishshowshew
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes:attestcertifymanifestevidence
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience:showdemoexhibitpresent
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle