The teacher will ____ the correct technique for the chemistry experiment.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I don't know how to ____ it, since it's too obvious!
Word Origin & History
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 *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-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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate."
— 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”, in The New York Daily News:
"The debate was not long on policy, as questions about the Affordable Care Act and the war in Syria demonstrated."
— 2016, David A. Graham, “Donald Trump's Disastrous Debate”, in The Atlantic, page http://www.theatlantic.com/liveblogs/2016/10/second-presidential-debate-clinton-trump/503495/:
""What we are trying to demonstrate is that freight lines at lower speeds can be electrified much more cheaply. […]""
— 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “CILT report urges £50m infill electrification schemes”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8: