illustrate
Academic Word List, sublist 3.
About 17.53 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
- verb To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.
- verb To shed light upon.
- verb To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
Similar words
instance exemplify enlighten illuminate clarify portray reflect outline depict emphasize
Often followed by
the this how a that some his these what
Word family
illustrated illustrates illustrating illustration illustrations illustrative illustrator illustrators
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