All 5 Uses of

demonstrate
in
Fearless

The whole world got a little brighter for the Brown family that day, especially when the commanding officer read aloud from his commendation letter to Adam: By virtue of your demonstrated attention to duty, military conduct, responsiveness to orders, cooperation, loyalty and comradeship, you have been selected by your shipmates as Honor Recruit for Division 401.†
p. 104.0 *

demonstrated = showed

This superb performance demonstrates your self-motivation and sets an outstanding example for your peers.†
p. 107.8

demonstrates = shows

Petty Officer Brown demonstrated great foresight by gathering needed medical supplies for the injured man.†
p. 158.4

demonstrated = showed

Standing before a crowd of hundreds, seven-year-old Savannah demonstrated that the fearless gene ran strong in her when she gave her father one final gift.†
p. 302.2

Being Adam, he'd wait for opportune moments to build his fellow recruits back up, demonstrating the leadership that had been MIA all those years.†
p. 103.8

Definitions:

(1) (demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.)
to show
The 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
(2) (demonstrate as in: demonstrate to protest)
a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest