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   illustration

   /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.: "an illustration of a yacht" Similar picturedrawingsketchfiguregraphicplateprintengravingetchingcutwoodcutlinocutphotogravureduotonehalftoneOpposite text
   • 2. the action or fact of illustrating something: "by way of illustration, I refer to the following case" Similar exemplificationdemonstrationshowinginstancingexampletypical caserepresentative casecase in pointinstancespecimensampleexemplaranalogy
   • ▪ an illustrative example: "this accident is a graphic illustration of the disaster that's waiting to happen" Similar exemplificationdemonstrationshowinginstancingexampletypical caserepresentative casecase in pointinstancespecimensampleexemplaranalogy

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n-), from the verb illustrare (see illustrate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. illustrational adjective

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