welldemonstrated
ənˌstreɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
2.
3.
to manifest or exhibit; show: He demonstrated his courage by his actions in battle.
4.
to display openly or publicly, as feelings: to demonstrate one's anger by slamming a door.
5.
to exhibit the operation or use of (a device, process, product, or the like), usually to a purchaser or prospect: to demonstrate an automobile.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make, give, or take part in, a demonstration: The pickets required a license to demonstrate.
7.
Military. to attack or make a show of force to deceive an enemy.
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Welldemonstrated
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1545–55; < Latin dēmonstrātus, past participle of dēmonstrāre to show, point out, equivalent to dē- de- + monstrāre to show, verbal derivative of monstrum sign, portent
1545–55; < Latin dēmonstrātus, past participle of dēmonstrāre to show, point out, equivalent to dē- de- + monstrāre to show, verbal derivative of monstrum sign, portent
Related forms
dem·on·strat·ed·ly, adverb
coun·ter·dem·on·strate, verb (used without object), coun·ter·dem·on·strat·ed, coun·ter·dem·on·strat·ing.
pre·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), pre·dem·on·strat·ed, pre·dem·on·strat·ing.
re·dem·on·strate, verb, re·dem·on·strat·ed, re·dem·on·strat·ing.
sub·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), sub·dem·on·strat·ed, sub·dem·on·strat·ing.
Synonyms
1. show, confirm, verify, corroborate.
1. show, confirm, verify, corroborate.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to show, manifest, or prove, esp by reasoning, evidence, etc: it is easy to demonstrate the truth of this proposition |
| 2. | (tr) to evince; reveal the existence of: the scheme later demonstrated a fatal flaw |
| 3. | (tr) to explain or illustrate by experiment, example, etc |
| 4. | (tr) to display, operate, and explain the workings of (a machine, product, etc) |
| 5. | (intr) to manifest support, protest, etc, by public parades or rallies |
| 6. | (intr) to be employed as a demonstrator of machinery, etc |
| 7. | (intr) military to make a show of force, esp in order to deceive one's enemy |
| [C16: from Latin dēmonstrāre to point out, from monstrāre to show] | |
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Word Origin & History
demonstrate
1550s, "to point out," from L. demonstrat-, pp. stem of demonstrare (see demonstration). Meaning "to point out by argument or deduction" is from 1570s. Related: Demonstrated (1670s).
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