All 3 Uses of
demonstrate
in
Childhood's End
- The demonstration lasted thirty minutes.†
Chpt 2
- No-one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor-but they have few followers now.†
Chpt 2 *
- He was busily demonstrating it by surprising two more arrivals as they descended into the parking place, but paused just long enough to greet Jean and George and to apologize for having given their drinks to somebody else.†
Chpt 7
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