English Vocabulary: To demonstrate (meaning, examples)

"Demonstrate" means "to show something."

Example #1: These numbers clearly demonstrate the size of the economic problem facing the country.

Example #2: The company demonstrated an app for surgeons that showed X-rays on the screen.

"Demonstrate" also can mean "to march or gather somewhere to show your opposition to something or your support for something."

Example #3: Thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament building.

Example #4: 30,000 angry farmers demonstrated against possible cuts in subsidies.