illustration
pronunciation
How to pronounce illustration in British English:
UK [ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn]
How to pronounce illustration in American English:
US [ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
- showing by example
- an item of information that is representative of a type
- a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
Word Origin
- illustration (n.)
- c. 1400, "a shining;" early 15c., "a manifestation;" mid-15c., "a spiritual illumination," from Old French illustration "apparition, appearance," and directly from Latin illustrationem (nominative illustratio) "vivid representation" (in writing), literally "an enlightening," from past participle stem of illustrare "light up, make light, illuminate;" figuratively "make clear, disclose, explain; adorn, render distinguished," from assimilated form of in- "in" (see in- (2)) + lustrare "make bright, illuminate," related to lucere "shine," lux "light" (see light (n.)). Mental sense of "act of making clear in the mind" is from 1580s. Meaning "an illustrative picture" is from 1816.
Example
- 1. By contrast , soros sees the current crisis as a real-life illustration of reflexivity .
- 2. I 've created an illustration and convert it into a valentine card .
- 3. A classic illustration comes from san diego , california .
- 4. An illustration or a logo is likely to need more sketching than a website .
- 5. I thought I 'd share this because it 's an illustration of how effective these ideas are - and they 've worked not only for me but for many of my reader .