Both Uses of
demonstrate
in
Catch-22
- When I had them both together again I gave them a demonstration of intercourse with the rubber models I've got in my office.
Chpt 5demonstration = display (showing how to do something)
- The colonel abandoned his project with remorse, for he had conceived it entirely on his own and had hoped to unveil it as a striking demonstration to everyone that he had no real need for Colonel Korn.
Chpt 19 *demonstration = display
Definition:
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(demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.) to showThe exact meaning of this sense of demonstrate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I will demonstrate how to throw a Frisbee." -- show how to do something
- "I will demonstrate how much quicker the new computer is than the old one." -- show how something works
- "Her questioned demonstrated that she was listening and thinking deeply about what was said." -- showed to be true or proved