🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Dimostrare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: di.mo'stra.re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Demonstrate/ˈdɛm.ən.streɪt/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha usato un diagramma per dimostrare il concetto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To show clearly and deliberately; to prove or make evident.

    "The teacher used a diagram to demonstrate the concept of gravity."
  2. 2

    To express or show an emotion or feeling.

    "He demonstrated his excitement by jumping up and down."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'demonstrate' originates from the Latin 'demonstrare', meaning 'to point out, show'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained the meaning of showing or proving something clearly.

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