"illustrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/ [UK], /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈɪl.jəˌstɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/ [US], /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/ [US], /ɪˈlasˌtɹæɪt/ [General-Australian], /ˈɪl.əˌstɹæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-uk-illustrate.ogg [UK] Forms: illustrates [present, singular, third-person], illustrating [participle, present], illustrated [participle, past], illustrated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from illustration. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|illustration}} Back-formation from illustration Head templates: {{en-verb}} illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)
  1. (obsolete) To shed light upon. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: illuminate, illuminate
    Sense id: en-illustrate-en-verb-q9D2tpkz Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 63 10 10 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 7 5 16
  2. (figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison. Tags: figuratively Translations (to clarify by giving as an example): ілюстрава́ць (iljustravácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), пояснявам (pojasnjavam) (Bulgarian), 舉例說明 (Chinese Mandarin), 举例说明 (jǔlì shuōmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 闡明 (Chinese Mandarin), 阐明 (chǎnmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ilustrovat (Czech), illustreren (Dutch), kuvata (Finnish), havainnollistaa (Finnish), illustrer (French), ilustrar (Galician), illustrieren (German), szemléltet (Hungarian), megvilágít (Hungarian), illusztrál (Hungarian), klarigar (Ido), lumizar (Ido), explikar (Ido), illustrare (Italian), mostrare (Italian), whakatauira (Maori), obrazować [imperfective] (Polish), zobrazować [perfective] (Polish), ilustrar (Portuguese), ilustra (Romanian), иллюстри́ровать (illjustrírovatʹ) (Russian), поясня́ть (pojasnjátʹ) (Russian), приводи́ть приме́ры (privodítʹ priméry) (Russian), ilustrar (Spanish), ілюструва́ти (iljustruváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), проілюструва́ти (proiljustruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), mostrer (Walloon), espliker (Walloon), egluro (Welsh), esbonio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-illustrate-en-verb-ug5wZxC2 Disambiguation of 'to clarify by giving as an example': 19 74 3 4
  3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
    Sense id: en-illustrate-en-verb-ZmtGdqFt
  4. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: glorify
    Sense id: en-illustrate-en-verb-CRIEdroG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shed light upon Translations (to add explanatory or decoratory features): ілюстрава́ць (iljustravácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), илюстрирам (iljustriram) (Bulgarian), ilustrovat (Czech), illustreren (Dutch), ilustri (Esperanto), kuvittaa (Finnish), illustrer (French), ilustrar (Galician), illustrieren (German), אִיֵּר (iyyér) (Hebrew), illusztrál (Hungarian), ilustrar (Ido), maisigh (Irish), illustrare (Italian), descrivere (Italian), spiegare (Italian), esemplificare (Italian), ilustrar (Portuguese), ilustra (Romanian), иллюстри́ровать (illjustrírovatʹ) (Russian), де́лать иллюстра́ции (délatʹ illjustrácii) (Russian), оформля́ть (oformljátʹ) (Russian), ilustrar (Spanish), ілюструва́ти (iljustruváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), проілюструва́ти (proiljustruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), enimådjî (Walloon), darlunio (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'to add explanatory or decoratory features': 44 7 40 9

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          "text": "England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "privodítʹ priméry",
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          "word": "ilustrar"
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          "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
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          "text": "The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.",
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        "To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious."
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        "(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious."
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustrieren"
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "maisigh"
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustrare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "descrivere"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "spiegare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "esemplificare"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
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      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustra"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "illjustrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "иллюстри́ровать"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délatʹ illjustrácii",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "де́лать иллюстра́ции"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oformljátʹ",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "оформля́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "iljustruváty",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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      "word": "ілюструва́ти"
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    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proiljustruváty",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проілюструва́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "44 7 40 9",
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
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      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "darlunio"
    }
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}
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          "text": "England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.",
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        "To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious."
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        "(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious."
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɪl.jəˌstɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "iljustravácʹ",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ілюстрава́ць"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pojasnjavam",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "пояснявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "舉例說明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǔlì shuōmíng",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "举例说明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "闡明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǎnmíng",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "阐明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "ilustrovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "illustreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "kuvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "havainnollistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "illustrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "illustrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "szemléltet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "megvilágít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "illusztrál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "klarigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "lumizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "explikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "illustrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "mostrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "whakatauira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrazować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zobrazować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "ilustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "illjustrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "иллюстри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pojasnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "поясня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privodítʹ priméry",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "приводи́ть приме́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "iljustruváty",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ілюструва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proiljustruváty",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проілюструва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "mostrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "espliker"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "egluro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to clarify by giving as an example",
      "word": "esbonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "iljustravácʹ",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ілюстрава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iljustriram",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "илюстрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "kuvittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "iyyér",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "אִיֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illusztrál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "maisigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "illustrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "descrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "spiegare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "esemplificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "illjustrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "иллюстри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délatʹ illjustrácii",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "де́лать иллюстра́ции"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oformljátʹ",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "оформля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "ilustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "iljustruváty",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ілюструва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proiljustruváty",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проілюструва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "enimådjî"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to add explanatory or decoratory features",
      "word": "darlunio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "illustrate"
}

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