ILLUSTRATION


Meaning of ILLUSTRATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪləstreɪʃ(ə)n ]

( illustrations)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

An illustration is an example or a story which is used to make a point clear.

...a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

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2.

An illustration in a book is a picture, design, or diagram.

She looked like a princess in a nineteenth-century illustration.

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3.

see also illustrate

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