illustrate
part of speech
verb (illustrate, illustrates, illustrated, illustrating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To draw or add pictures to a book, article or story. tree →
2) To explain or show something by using examples, diagrams or pictures. tree →
3) To be an example that shows something is true. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English and art lessons pupils illustrate their stories. In maths and science they illustrate an answer with a diagram or graph. In formal writing: «This graph illustrates the rise in temperature.» Phrases: illustrate with, illustrated book, to illustrate the point.
examples
- Illustrate your story with a picture. tree →
- This book was illustrated by a famous artist. tree →
- Use a bar chart to illustrate your results. tree →
- Let me illustrate with an example. tree →
- The broken vase illustrates why we don't play ball inside. tree →
- Draw a diagram to illustrate the water cycle. tree →
- The pictures illustrate each step of the recipe. tree →
- The following story will signally illustrate how ready she was to resent any slight offered to her. tree →
note
Regular verb. Person: illustrator; noun: illustration. Stress on the first syllable in the UK («ILL-us-trate»). In maths, «illustrate» asks you to show working with a drawing, not only words.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «illustrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.