as in: It demonstrates my point. Define
to show
- "It is demonstrable," said he, "that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for all being created for an end, all is necessarily for the best end.
- The salesperson demonstrated features of both phones so I could compare them.
- The medal is given only to a few who have demonstrated extraordinary courage while defending their country.
- I maintain that the point is capable of being demonstrated.
- He was just going to jump after him, but was prevented by the philosopher Pangloss, who demonstrated to him that the Bay of Lisbon had been made on purpose for the Anabaptist to be drowned.
- He was only vexed at parting with his sheep, which he left to the Bordeaux Academy of Sciences, who set as a subject for that year’s prize, "to find why this sheep’s wool was red;" and the prize was awarded to a learned man of the North, who demonstrated by A plus B minus C divided by Z, that the sheep must be red, and die of the rot.
- "Alas!" said Candide, "dear Pangloss has often demonstrated to me that the goods of this world are common to all men, and that each has an equal right to them.
- "This Pangloss," said he, "would be puzzled to demonstrate his system.
There are no more uses of "demonstrate" identified with this meaning, but check unspecified meaning below.
Show samples from other sources
Go to more samples
unspecified meaning
Show more
There are no more uses of "demonstrate" in the book.
To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below:
as in: It demonstrates my point. Define
to show
as in: demonstrate to protest
Define
a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest
 |
. . . enhancing vocabulary while reading |