different between demonstrable vs demonstrate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?nst??bl?/, IPA^(key): /?d?m?nst??bl?/

Adjective

demonstrable (comparative more demonstrable, superlative most demonstrable)

1. Able to be demonstrated.

   It is easily demonstrable that water extinguishes fire.

Antonyms

• indemonstrable
• undemonstrable

Related terms

• demonstrability

Translations

See also

• provable

Noun

demonstrable (plural demonstrables)

1. Something that can be demonstrated.
   • 1949, The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board

     We deal here with imponderables rather than demonstrables.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?monstr?, d?monstr?tus (“I show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?nst?e?t/

Verb

demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)

1. (transitive) to show how to use (something).
   • 1987, February 8, Richard Zachs, "Candy is dandy (though maybe not liquor) - so for this Valentine's Day, video may be a whole lot more fun", The New York Daily News

     In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.

2. to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
3. (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.

4. (transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

Conjugation

Related terms

Translations

See also

• show
• prove

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demons?trate/
• Rhymes: -ate

Noun

demonstrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstri

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?monstrate/

Verb

demonstrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

Latin

Verb

d?m?nstr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?m?nstr?

Participle

d?m?nstr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?m?nstr?tus