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demonstrate
('d/E/m/@/n,str/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • give an exhibition of to an interested audience(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    demo, exhibit, present, show
    source: wordnet30
  • establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound.
    Synonym:
    establish, prove, shew, show
    Antonym:
    confute, disprove
    source: wordnet30
  • provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes(verb.communication)
    Example:
    This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness.
    source: wordnet30
  • march in protest; take part in a demonstration(verb.social)
    Example:
    Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle.
    Synonym:
    march
    source: wordnet30
  • To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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