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See Also:

• past tense form of illustrate.
• past participle of illustrate.

illustrated

American  

[il-uh-strey-tid] / ˈɪl əˌstreɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations.

   an illustrated book.

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• well-illustrated
  adjective
• unillustrated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of illustrated

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

Example Sentences

Reinhold and his son were charged with making an illustrated record of the wildlife encountered on the voyage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

This is illustrated in the chart above, which plots data from Jay Ritter, a University of Florida finance professor who has compiled the premier academic database of U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Rollins and her allies illustrated this phenomenon perfectly in their response to the lawsuit.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Social media consultant and analyst Matt Navarra said the criticism illustrated a shift to seeing online harms as "a product problem".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The title lettering, the illustrated cover, the pages bound—in that word alone she felt the attraction of the neat, limited and controllable form she had left behind when she decided to write a play.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Related Words

• adorned
• decorated
• embellished
• illuminated