different between demonstrate vs demonstrative

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French démonstratif

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??m?nst??t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??m?nst??t?v/, /d??m?nst??t?v/

Adjective

demonstrative (comparative more demonstrative, superlative most demonstrative)

1. that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     an argument necessary and demonstrative

2. given to open displays of emotion
   • 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

     demonstrative eloquence
3. (grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to

Derived terms

• demonstrative adjective
• demonstrative pronoun

Translations

Noun

demonstrative (plural demonstratives)

1. (grammar) A demonstrative word
   1. A demonstrative adjective.
   2. A demonstrative pronoun.

Translations

German

Adjective

demonstrative

1. inflection of demonstrativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

d?m?nstr?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?m?nstr?t?vus

References

• demonstrative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• demonstrative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette