demonstrate

Other forms of demonstrate

past tense

demonstrated·

present participle

demonstrating·

third person

demonstrates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demonstrate

What does demonstrate mean?

demonstrate means "give an exhibition of to an interested audience". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demonstrate?

demonstrate has 3 syllables: dem-on-strate. The stress falls on "dem". In IPA it is /ˈdɛmənˌstɹeɪt/.

What is another word for demonstrate?

Close synonyms include show, demo, exhibit, present, prove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demonstrate a common word?

demonstrate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with demonstrate?

10 words rhyme with demonstrate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.