illustration
part of speech
noun (an illustration, illustrations)
meaning for a pupil
1) An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting. tree →
2) An illustration is an example that helps explain an idea. tree →
sense in the lessons
In reading and art lessons, illustrations show what happens in the story and help readers understand; an illustrator draws them. In science and maths, a labelled illustration or diagram explains how something works. «By way of illustration» means as an example. Phrases: a book with illustrations, colour illustrations, a good illustration of.
examples
- For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph [25] (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- The picture book has beautiful illustrations. tree →
- Draw an illustration to go with your poem. tree →
- The illustration showed the parts of a flower. tree →
- Look at the illustration on page twelve. tree →
- This story is a good illustration of why honesty matters. tree →
- Her favourite illustrations were the ones with dragons. tree →
- [Illustration: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE] tree →
note
Countable: an illustration, illustrations («an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Verb: illustrate; person: illustrator. An illustration can be any picture; a diagram is a simple labelled drawing that explains.
In the corpora
- Adverts show toys at their best, sometimes with effects; «pictures are for illustration» means the real toy may do less.
- «Pictures are for illustration» means the picture may not show exactly what you get.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «illustration» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.