demonstrate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti
Proto-Italic *moneō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Proto-Italic *monestrom
Latin mōnstrum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin mōnstrō
Latin dēmōnstrō
Latin dēmōnstrātusbor.
English demonstrate
Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: demonstrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: demonstrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: demonstratest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: demonstratedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: demonstrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: demonstrateth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: demonstrate
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: demonstrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: demonstrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To show how to use (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?
In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.
gloss: To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
pos: verb
gloss: To participate in or organize a demonstration.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results.
gloss: To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated.
"What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]"
Related words: demo
demonstrable
demonstratedly
demonstration
monster
monstrance
remonstrate
show
prove
Derived words: counterdemonstrate
demonstratable
demonstratedly
demonstrative
demonstrator
demonstratory
nondemonstrating
redemonstrate
undemonstrated
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