illustrate
verb (used with object)
to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
illustrates
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present tense formof illustrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Hegel’s reading of “Antigone” illustrates his thesis-antithesis-synthesis view of dialectical progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bangladesh also illustrates how urgently better information needs to be converted into conservation action.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The reported 15-month turnaround of the Kang Kon after it capsized illustrates how Kim is giving priority to the modernization of his Soviet-era navy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In their Lancet write-up the doctors state: "This case illustrates both the promise and the remaining challenges of clinical kidney xenotransplantation."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The portrait of Pacioli illustrates the way in which, once perspective had been discovered, mathematics and art went hand in hand.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
