illustration

illustration
noun
1 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
accompanying
ILLUSTRATION + 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 example
ADJECTIVE
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.


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  • Illustration — (v. lat.), 1) Erläuterung, Erklärung; 2) Glanz, Ehrenglanz; 3) Erläuterung u. Erklärung durch in den Text eingeschaltete Holzschnitte, Lithographien etc.; davon Illustrirte Ausgaben, Illustrirte Zeitschriften etc., bei welchen dergleichen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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