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Meaning of demonstrate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  demonstrate
      v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows
           her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in
           Washington" [syn: {show}, {demo}, {exhibit}, {present},
           {demonstrate}]
      2: establish the validity of something, as by an example,
         explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the
         instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
         validity of the conjecture" [syn: {prove}, {demonstrate},
         {establish}, {show}, {shew}] [ant: {confute}, {disprove}]
      3: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's
         behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever
         attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a
         high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision
         demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: {attest},
         {certify}, {manifest}, {demonstrate}, {evidence}]
      4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands
         demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the
         most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn:
         {demonstrate}, {march}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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