- illustration
- noun1 picture in a book, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ black-and-white, colour/color, coloured/colored, full-colour/full-color▪ cartoon, photographic, watercolour/watercolor, etc.▪ botanical, medical, etc.▪ full-page▪
a wonderful book with full-page illustrations
▪ beautiful, fine, wonderful▪The clear, lively illustrations are in full colour/color.
▪ colourful/colorful▪ detailed▪the new Inca map, with a detailed illustration of ancient Machu Picchu
▪ book, cover▪ accompanyingILLUSTRATION + VERB▪ depict sth, show sth▪ accompany sth▪the illustrations accompanying the text
▪ appear▪His illustrations have appeared in the pages of numerous publications.
PREPOSITION▪ in an/the illustration▪The kite is assembled as shown in the illustration.
▪ with an/the illustration▪ illustration by▪‘The Black Cat’ by Alan Ahlberg, with illustrations by Arthur Robins
2 exampleADJECTIVE▪ excellent, good, perfect▪ clear, dramatic, graphic, striking, vivid▪These events are a graphic illustration of the fact that their promises cannot be trusted.
▪ simple▪Let us take a very simple illustration.
▪ classic, textbook▪It was a textbook illustration of the way the UN works.
VERB + ILLUSTRATION▪ serve as▪Chicago serves as an illustration of the problems faced by such cities.
▪ give (sb), offer, present, provide▪We then present an empirical illustration of these points.
▪Explain the policy of détente and provide some illustrations of how it worked in practice.
▪ take, use sth as, use sth for▪I will use one recent example as an illustration.
ILLUSTRATION + NOUN▪ purposes (AmE)▪These figures are for illustration purposes only.
(illustrative purposes in BrE)PREPOSITION▪ as an illustration▪As an illustration of this point, I'm going to tell you a true story.
▪ by way of illustration▪He quoted several famous writers by way of illustration.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
