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Grammar : Verb
Spell : il-uh-streyt, ih-luhs-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt



Definition of illustrates

Origin :
  • 1520s, "light up, shed light on;" 1610s, "educate by means of examples," back-formation from illustration, and in some cases from Latin illustratus, past participle of illustrare (see illustration). Sense of "provide pictures to explain or decorate" is 1630s. Related: Illustrated; illustrating.
  • verb demonstrate, exemplify
  • verb explain by drawing, decorating
Example sentences :
  • Fig. 14 illustrates a loaf of bread that has risen too much.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • This illustrates the scriptural term in the history of Deborah.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • This illustrates the same model of thermometer seen in figure 22.
  • Extract from : « The Auburndale Watch Company » by Edwin A. Battison
  • The history of the development of marriage in Rome illustrates this very forcibly.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Figure 100 shows a set of post-builders, and Figure 101 illustrates their use.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Indeed, it illustrates how completely the American people claim the college as their own.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • From A to B in both figures, illustrates method of making a dot.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Show that the life and death of Socrates illustrates this ideal.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • The senator told me a story, which illustrates the situation.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • This illustrates the danger there is in visiting pickets at night.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

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