All 5 Uses of
demonstrate
in
Great Expectations
- He had taken up the poker again; without which, I doubt if he could have proceeded in his demonstration.†
Chpt 7
- My heart failed me when I saw him squaring at me with every demonstration of mechanical nicety, and eyeing my anatomy as if he were minutely choosing his bone.
Chpt 11demonstration = display
- I kept an eye on Orlick after that night, and, whenever circumstances were favorable to his dancing at Biddy, got before him to obscure that demonstration.
Chpt 17
- Here, to his great amazement, he was stopped by Joe's suddenly working round him with every demonstration of a fell pugilistic purpose.
Chpt 18 *
- Here, to his great amazement, he was stopped by Joe's suddenly working round him with every demonstration of a fell pugilistic purpose. ... Mr. Jaggers had risen when Joe demonstrated, and had backed near the door.
Chpt 18demonstrated = showed or exhibited intent
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