to illustrate
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3.5
- verb
- /ˈɪləˌstreɪt/
- The teacher used a drawing to illustrate the concept of gravity to her students.
- illustrate the point
- the example illustrates
- illustrate the concept
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a simple way of illustrating a very important point.
- It's a simple way of illustrating a very important point.
- And I think, you know, cheese illustrates this so well.
- So I mean that illustrates how it does take some time.
- So you really have to explore and illustrate behaviour.
- And it also illustrates the fact that a no doesn't mean no.
- So all of this hopefully illustrates what's going on.
- I'll I'll tell you one one other story that illustrates this.
Examples
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An effective and helpful analogy to illustrate this concept is the cylindrical drum plot.
Academic text (2011) -
A wonderful story, and it also illustrates the way proofs work.
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But let me give you some numbers to illustrate the challenge.
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I only brought it up to illustrate a point.
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I'm taking you to this storytelling to illustrate a very simple point.
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Both concepts are illustrated in this example.
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Although this occurred many years ago, the story is often used to illustrate the effectiveness of the Israeli security measures.
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The boxes and arrows on the right side of the figure illustrate these influences.
Academic text (2011) -
We're going to use Lego to illustrate linked lists.
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Let's just look at the peristaltic reflex to illustrate this.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something clear by describing it in simple words
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1.0
To make a picture of a person or place
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3.5
To show something in a picture or in words
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3.1
Show people how something works or is done
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3.7
To describe someone or something in detail so the reader can imagine them
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2.6
Describe something in a particular way to show an idea
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6.3
To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation
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6.8
To show something clearly by using a real situation
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3.7
To show a person or thing in art like a painting
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
illustrate = illustration (transparent) = illustr + ate
The verb is directly related to the noun 'illustration' (learners who know the noun can infer the verb meaning), and this is effectively a verb formed from that noun in English.
Etymology
The word illustrate comes from the Latin illustrare, which means 'to make light'. Think of a picture 'lighting up' an idea, so to illustrate something is to make it clear or to add pictures and examples to explain it.