illustration
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
illustrations
plural
illustrations
Britannica Dictionary definition of ILLUSTRATION
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a picture or drawing in a book, magazine, etc.
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The illustration on page 30 shows the parts of an engine.
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a book with many photographs and illustrations
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an example or story that is used to make something easier to understand
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The illustrations that he provided in his speech were very effective.
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[noncount]
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the act or process of illustrating something: such as
a
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the act or process of producing or providing pictures for a book, magazine, etc.
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They selected photographs to use for the illustration of the book.
b
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the act or process of giving examples to make something easier to understand
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Illustration is the key to good communication.
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By way of illustration, [=as an example] let us examine this poem.
