All 6 Uses
demonstrate
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The Hound of Rowan
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- When each of you completed the Standard Series of Tests for Potentials, you demonstrated a capacity for Mystics.†
Chpt 8 *demonstrated = showed
- Please shut them off and I'll demonstrate why.†
Chpt 8
- This will demonstrate that as a living conduit you can both absorb and channel energy.†
Chpt 8
- UNEXPECTED GUESTS Following Cooper's dinner demonstration, there was a sharp decline in Course usage.†
Chpt 15
- It was the Gauntlet of Beowulf, and next to it were inscribed the names of those students who had demonstrated exceptional courage.†
Chpt 15
- McDaniels continues to demonstrate capabilities well beyond the normal Apprentice spectrum.†
Chpt 18
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)