(~s, illustrating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that something ~s a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists.
The example of the United States ~s this point...
The incident graphically ~s how parlous their position is...
The case also ~s that some women are now trying to fight back.
= demonstrate
VERB: V n, V wh, V that
2.
If you use an example, story, or diagram to ~ a point, you use it show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer.
Let me give another example to ~ this difficult point...
Throughout, she ~s her analysis with excerpts from discussions.
VERB: V n, V n with n
illustration
Here, by way of illustration, are some extracts from our new catalogue.
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3.
If you ~ a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it.
She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book...
He has ~d the book with black-and-white photographs.
VERB: V n, V n with n
~d
The book is beautifully ~d throughout.
ADJ
illustration
...the world of children’s book illustration.
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