| demonstrate | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. demo, demonstrate, exhibit, present, show | give an exhibition of to an interested audience.; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" |
| ~ bring home | make understandable and clear.; "This brings home my point" |
| ~ show | make visible or noticeable.; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show | 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" |
| ~ prove oneself | show one's ability or courage. |
| ~ prove | prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof. |
| ~ affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ negate, contradict | prove negative; show to be false. |
| ~ stultify | prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" |
| v. (communication) | 3. attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest | 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" |
| ~ authenticate | establish the authenticity of something. |
| ~ attest | establish or verify the usage of.; "This word is not attested until 1993" |
| ~ reflect | give evidence of the quality of.; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student" |
| ~ reflect | give evidence of a certain behavior.; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him" |
| ~ notarise, notarize | authenticate as a notary.; "We had to have the signature notarized" |
| ~ bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| ~ condemn | demonstrate the guilt of (someone).; "Her strange behavior condemned her" |
| v. (social) | 4. demonstrate, march | march in protest; take part in a demonstration.; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ picket | serve as pickets or post pickets.; "picket a business to protest the layoffs" |
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