Definition of demonstrate

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)

  Synonym: establish, prove, shew, show
  Antonym: confute, disprove
  

  Example:
  The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound.
  

  source: wordnet30
• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes (verb.communication)

  Synonym: attest, certify, evidence, manifest
  

  Example:
  This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness.
  

  source: wordnet30
• march in protest; take part in a demonstration (verb.social)

  Synonym: march
  

  Example:
  Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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