demonstrate
/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.20 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Can you demonstrate the new tools for us?"
- "In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate."
- "Those people outside are demonstrating against the election results."
- "The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated."
- ""What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin mōnstrō Latin dēmōnstrō Latin dēmōnstrātusbor. English demonstrate Borrowed from Latin dēmonstrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēmonstrō (“to show, point at”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French démontrer.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/
- British English: /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
demonstrates (present, singular)
demonstrating (participle, present)
demonstrated (participle, past)
demonstrated (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
demonstrated (first person, past)
demonstratest (archaic, present)
demonstrated (past, second person)
demonstratedst (archaic, past)
demonstrateth (archaic, present)
demonstrated (past, singular)