demonstrate

Everyday

1. To demonstrate is to show how something works or how to do something. tree →
2. To demonstrate is to prove or show clearly that something is true. tree →
3. To demonstrate is to show a feeling or quality by what you do. tree →
4. To demonstrate is to march or gather with others in public to show you support or are against something. tree →

In the lessons

In school, teachers demonstrate experiments and pupils demonstrate their working in maths: «demonstrate that 12 is even». In the news, people demonstrate in the streets. Exam questions use it formally: «Demonstrate your answer with a diagram». Phrases: demonstrate how, demonstrate that, demonstrate against.

Examples

• The teacher demonstrated how to light the Bunsen burner safely. tree →
• Can you demonstrate how the robot moves? tree →
• This experiment demonstrates that air takes up space. tree →
• Show your working to demonstrate that your answer is correct. tree →
• She demonstrated great courage when she rescued the puppy. tree →
• Thousands of people demonstrated against the new road. tree →
• The coach demonstrated the kick, then we tried it. tree →
• He would have shown his weapons and demonstrated how he used them, and with what slash he chipped his victim, and with what slice he chopped him. tree →

Note

Forms: demonstrated, demonstrating. Nouns: demonstration (also «demo», informal), demonstrator. Stress: DEM-on-strate. In maths «demonstrate» means «prove or show clearly with working», not just give the answer.

In Jewish tradition

In school, teachers demonstrate experiments and pupils demonstrate their working in maths: «demonstrate that 12 is even». In the news, people demonstrate in the streets. Exam questions use it formally: «Demonstrate your answer with a diagram». Phrases: demonstrate how, demonstrate that, demonstrate against.

Examples

• It was he who demonstrated that m.T is the true God and no other. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• twenty-two letters, the Sefer Yetzirah demonstrates by permu- tations in whicli letters never repeat themselves but only change their places. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• As al- ready demonstrated, the lirst alphabet invented was similar to that still used by the Berbers, whence the inference, that there may have been a time when the Hebrews also used such an alphabet. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Forms: demonstrated, demonstrating. Nouns: demonstration (also «demo», informal), demonstrator. Stress: DEM-on-strate. In maths «demonstrate» means «prove or show clearly with working», not just give the answer.