illustration
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2.8
- noun
- /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən/
- The book contains beautiful illustrations that depict scenes from the story.
- book illustrations
- color illustrations
- illustrations and photographs
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then it went from comic book drawing and illustrations to martial arts.
- And then it went from comic book drawing and illustrations to martial arts.
- I like works of art, diagrams, illustrations, photos.
- These are the graphical illustration of each firm's dominant strategy.
- We know you have written a novel and there were no illustrations.
Examples
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The lady at the store said it has illustrations of all the procedures that cosmetology students have to master before they earn their license.
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And this is one of the illustrations that stood out to both of us.
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There was an illustration that showed a gate like the one we saw being built.
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But they have these beautiful illustrations of the fish.
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And again, I just love the cute illustrations throughout it.
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Well, in the funny papers, they sometimes have this little competition where you have to find an animal hidden in an illustration.
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For instance, students can design a picture book or create multiple illustrations to accompany limited writing activities.
Academic text (1992) -
In the magazine, there's an article with an illustration about the towers.
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And the illustrations inside are so bright, so colorful, so, so vivid.
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Clicking on a number displays a close-up, cutaway illustration and detailed explanation of the technology being used.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
An image like a drawing or photograph that shows something
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1.0
A picture showing a person or thing
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1.0
A picture made by hand with a pen or pencil
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3.5
A picture or graphic that explains something
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3.5
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
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2.7
A picture that shows a place or scene
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4.0
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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3.0
Pictures and drawings used in a book or magazine
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5.8
A picture or computer image that shows how a building will look
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6.7
A drawing that shows the outlines or shapes of things
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4.0
A picture or statue that shows what a person looks like
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8.1
A small painting that decorates a page in a medieval book
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4.3
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
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7.8
A picture in a book or article
A simple drawing that shows the outer lines of an object like a face or building
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
illustration = illustrate (transparent) = illustrate + ion
The noun for a 'picture used to illustrate' is a regular nominalization of the verb 'illustrate' and retains a clear relation to the verb.
Etymology
Illustration comes from the Latin illustrare, meaning 'to light up', like the English word illuminate. So a picture or drawing is an illustration because it 'lights up' the text and shows the idea clearly.