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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dem-uhn-streyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛm ənˌstreɪt



Definition of demonstrates

Origin :
  • 1550s, "to point out," from Latin demonstratus, past participle of demonstrare (see demonstration). Meaning "to point out by argument or deduction" is from 1570s. Related: Demonstrated; demonstrating.
  • verb display, show
  • verb explain, illustrate
  • verb display or take public
Example sentences :
  • Demonstrates what a hold the little and weak have upon us nowadays.
  • Extract from : « The Little Man (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • This demonstrates the trickery and smuggling schemes of these people.
  • Extract from : « A Soldier in the Philippines » by Needom N. Freeman
  • Which demonstrates the ever nearness of pathos to humour, of the absurd to the pathetic.
  • Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
  • Which demonstrates a new truth: that great events have incalculable results.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • This demonstrates that the rectangle and the triangle are equivalent.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori
  • This is an interesting problem and demonstrates a scientific principle.
  • Extract from : « Toy Craft » by Leon H. Baxter
  • If he does, he demonstrates his own weakness and inability to be a real father.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • This demonstrates, that the gradation of colours is in proportion to their distance from the eye .
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Painting » by Leonardo Da Vinci
  • By this alone it tests its conclusions and demonstrates its usefulness.
  • Extract from : « Six Major Prophets » by Edwin Emery Slosson
  • The accompanying chart (Fig. 82) demonstrates precisely this fact.
  • Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori

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