All 5 Uses of
demonstrate
in
The Fountainhead
- He demonstrated that there was no such thing as free will, since men's creative impulses were determined, as all else, by the economic structure of the epoch in which they lived.†
Chpt 1.6demonstrated = showed
- She tried to demonstrate her power over him.†
Chpt 2.10 *demonstrate = show
- I don't like demonstrations!†
Chpt 1.4
- The inspection made the mink coats seem warmer and their wearers' rights to them incontestable, since it established superiority and altruistic virtue together, in a demonstration more potent than a visit to a morgue.†
Chpt 2.15
- You gave a practical demonstration.†
Chpt 4.14
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(demonstrate as in: demonstrate to protest) a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest