illustrated

[il-uh-strey-tid]

adjective

1. containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations.

   an illustrated book.

noun

1. British.,  a magazine or newspaper regularly containing many photographs or drawings.

Other Word Forms

• unillustrated adjective
• well-illustrated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of illustrated¹

First recorded in 1825–35; illustrate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Bok, a mystically inclined author as well as artist, combined hallucinatory forms with imaginative fidelity to the texts he illustrated.

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The book’s text was written by French specialists in fashion, fragrance and landscape, and is abundantly and inventively illustrated.

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Zeme said the incident was a rare escalation but one that nonetheless illustrated how fall hyperphagia reshapes bear behavior in the region.

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This is illustrated in the chart below, courtesy of data from Dartmouth College professor Ken French.

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The difficulties in the China-Germany relationship were illustrated last month when Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul cancelled a visit to China at the last minute, saying that meetings with key officials could not be arranged.

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