illustrationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/illustration noun [ C or U ] (PICTURE)
C1 a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of illustrating something:
a full-page illustration
colour/black and white illustrations
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- The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
- You will be expected to assist the editor with the selection of illustrations for the book.
- Encyclopedias on CD-ROM include sound, illustrations and simple animations.
- The book contains 25 colour illustrations.
- The description was accompanied by a wonderful illustration.
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- infographic
- likeness
- pencil
- poster
- rough
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
- stencil
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illustration noun [ C or U ] (EXAMPLE)
C2 an example that explains or proves something:
This delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.
A couple of examples are included, by way of illustration (= to show the meaning more clearly).
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- The president's budget is a vivid illustration of how much the political landscape has changed over the past two years.
- One illustration of how severe the problem is, in this clinic an estimated two out of every five pregnant women are HIV positive.
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Samples and examples
- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classic
- classical
- core
- cross-section
- for instance idiom
- forerunner
- instance
- job
- original
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- swatch
- taste
- taster
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