All 5 Uses of
demonstrate
in
The Alchemist by Coelho
- You'll watch them as they grow, demonstrating how the world is always changing.
Part 2demonstrating = showing
- And then, as if the desert wanted to demonstrate that the alchemist was right, two horsemen appeared from behind the travelers.
Part 2demonstrate = show
- He is going to transform himself into the wind, just to demonstrate his powers.
Part 2
- So, once again, the world had demonstrated its many languages: the desert only moments ago had been endless and free, and now it was an impenetrable wall.
Part 2demonstrated = shown
- He didn't need to demonstrate his science and art to anyone.
Part 2 *demonstrate = show
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