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illustrate
[ il-uh-streyt, ih-luhs-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- to make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify.
- Archaic. to enlighten.
verb (used without object)
- to clarify one's words, writings, etc., with examples:
To prevent misunderstandings, let me illustrate.
illustrate
/ ˈɪləˌstreɪt /
verb
- to clarify or explain by use of examples, analogy, etc
- tr to be an example or demonstration of
- tr to explain or decorate (a book, text, etc) with pictures
- tr an archaic word for enlighten
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Derived Forms
- ˈillusˌtratable, adjective
- ˈillusˌtrative, adjective
- ˈillusˌtratively, adverb
- ˈillusˌtrator, noun
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Other Words From
- illus·trata·ble adjective
- over·illus·trate verb (used with object) overillustrated overillustrating
- pre·illus·trate verb (used with object) preillustrated preillustrating
- re·illus·trate verb (used with object) reillustrated reillustrating
- super·illus·trate verb (used with object) superillustrated superillustrating
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illustrate1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
This video, courtesy of BuzzFeed, helps to illustrate this phenomenon.
This is likely a lowball number but it has the merit to illustrate the tradeoff that raising the minimum wage requires.
And as the above mentioned clips illustrate, Sesame Street is really good at staying relevant.
His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.
As if to illustrate the rampant sexism that still exists, hackers threatened to release nude photos of her after her speech.
Let me illustrate: Last week, month, or year you saw a military procession pass along the streets.
Nothing can more clearly illustrate Napoleon's dictum, "A la guerre les hommes ne sont rien, c'est un homme qui est tout."
He paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me.
A few notes will serve to illustrate the chief subjects for care and some important items in fitting instruments properly.
It is enjoined in statutes of perpetual moral obligation, that illustrate the ten precepts of the law.
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