Dictionary Definition
demonstrate
Verb
1 show or demonstrate something to an interested
audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new
software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present]
2 establish the validity of something, as by an
example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated
the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, establish, show, shew] [ant: disprove]
3 provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show
by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high
fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a
high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision
demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, evidence]
4 march in protest; take part in a demonstration;
"Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of
the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: march]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From demonstroPronunciation
- /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪt/
Verb
- To display the method of using an object.
- To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
- To participate in or organize a demonstration.
Related terms
Translations
to display the method of using an object
- Danish: demonstrere
- Finnish: näyttää, demonstroida
- French: démontrer
- Ido: demonstrar
- Slovene: prikazati
- Swedish: demonstrera (1,2)
- Spanish: demostrar
to show the steps taken to create a logical
argument or equation
- Danish: demonstrere
- Finnish: osoittaa, demonstroida
- Swedish: demonstrera
to participate in a demonstration
- Finnish: osoittaa mieltään, demonstroida
- Hebrew: להפגין (lehafgyn)
*ttbc Spanish: evidenciar
Extensive Definition
Demonstration may refer to:
- Demonstration (people), a political rally or protest
- Demonstration (proof), conclusive mathematical proof
- Scientific demonstration, a scientific experiment carried out for the purposes of illustrating principles, rather than for hypothesis testing or knowledge gathering
- Demonstration (teaching), a method of teaching by example rather than simple explanation
- A sales or marketing presentation
- Technology
demo, a prototype version of a technology product, to showcase
its forthcoming ideas, performance, method or features; more
commonly called a demo
- Software prototyping in particular; release of a prototype version of in-progress software
- Demoware, software
that users can test in a limited fashion before buying
- Game demo, more narrowly; a freely-distributed "try-out" version of a video game, usually fully playable but incomplete
- An alternate term for an exhibition game in sports
- Performance of a demonstration sport
- Demonstration of force, the show of armed forces and their capabilities
See also
- Demo (disambiguation page)
demonstrate in Czech: Demonstrace
demonstrate in Danish: Demonstration
(flertydig)
demonstrate in Dutch: Demonstratie
demonstrate in Norwegian: Demonstrasjon
demonstrate in Russian: Демонстрация
Synonyms, Antonyms 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, boycott, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring
forward, bring home to, bring into view, bring out, bring to
notice, broaden the mind, call in question, call to mind, catechize, challenge, check, check out, cinch, cite, cite a particular, civilize, clarify, clear up, clinch, complain, connote, crack, cry out against, dangle, decipher, demonstrate against,
demur, demythologize, denote, describe, determine, develop, direct, disclose, display, dispute, divulge, document, double-check,
dramatize, edify, educate, elucidate, emblazon, embody, enact, enlighten, enter a protest,
establish, euhemerize, evidence, evince, example, exemplify, exhibit, explain, explain away, explicate, expose, expose to view, exposit, expostulate, expound, express, figure, fix, flash, flaunt, flourish, follow, follow from, foreshadow, furnish evidence,
give a for-instance, give indication of, give instruction, give
lessons in, give reason for, give sign, give the meaning, give
token, go to show, ground, guide, have a case, highlight, hold good, hold up,
hold water, holler,
howl, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate, inform, instance, instruct, inventory, involve, itemize, kick, make clear, make good, make
out, make plain, manifest, march, mark, materialize, mean, mirror, nail down, name, object, open the eyes, overhaul, parade, particularize, perform, personate, personify, picket, point to, popularize, prefigure, present, press objections,
pretypify, proclaim, produce, project, protest, prove, prove to be, prove true,
put forth, put forward, quote, raise a howl, rally, rationalize, realize, reeducate, reflect, remonstrate, remove all
doubt, represent,
reveal, roll out,
school, scruple, set, set at rest, set forth, set
right, settle, settle the
matter, shadow, shadow
forth, sharpen the wits, shed light upon, show, show forth, show how, show
signs of, show the way, signalize, signify, simplify, sit in, solve, speak for itself, speak
volumes, spell out, sport,
spotlight, squawk, state a grievance,
strike, suggest, symptomatize, take stock,
teach, teach a lesson,
teach in, teach the rudiments, tell, tend to show, throw light
upon, token, trot out,
trumpet, trumpet forth,
unfold, unlock, unravel, vaunt, verify, wave, yell bloody
murder