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Collocations for demonstrate - verb

1. show

ADVERB

amply, beyond doubt, clearly, conclusively, convincingly, effectively, powerfully, successfully, well
The study demonstrates beyond doubt the effectiveness of the new drug.
consistently, repeatedly
adequately
further
easily
elegantly, neatly (esp. BrE)
empirically, experimentally
directly
publicly
graphically, vividly
This tragedy graphically demonstrates the dangers of extreme sports.

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PREPOSITION

to
The President must demonstrate to the country that he is really in control.

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2. protest

ADVERB

peacefully

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PREPOSITION

against
Campaigners were demonstrating against the slaughter of dolphins.
for
Their objective was to demonstrate peacefully for civil rights.

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Demonstrate is used with these nouns as the subject:
article, evidence, examination, example, experiment, finding, incident, investigation, paper, protester, record, report, research, result, study, test, trial

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Demonstrate is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, acumen, agility, aspect, association, authority, bias, bravery, capability, capacity, command, commitment, competence, complexity, confidence, consistency, contempt, correlation, courage, creativity, decrease, dedication, desire, determination, difference, disregard, dominance, effect, effectiveness, efficiency, empathy, excellence, existence, extent, feasibility, flexibility, folly, futility, gallantry, idea, ignorance, importance, improvement, inability, inadequacy, incompatibility, incompetence, increase, indifference, influence, ingenuity, innocence, intelligence, knack, knowledge, leadership, limitation, link, love, loyalty, mastery, maturity, need, openness, perseverance, persistence, potential, power, preference, proficiency, progress, prowess, readiness, reduction, relationship, relevance, reliability, resilience, restraint, seriousness, sincerity, skill, solidarity, sophistication, stupidity, suitability, superiority, support, talent, taste, technique, understanding, usefulness, utility, validity, valour, value, variability, vulnerability, weakness, willingness, worth

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