illustrate
/ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
Example Sentences
- "We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples."
- "To prove him, and illustrate his high worth."
- "England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco."
- "The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs."
- "Michael Thompson said he had been photographing prison buildings on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to illustrate an article by Tom Reeves […] when an unidentified plainclothes employee of the prison approached him."
- "Here, when the morn illustrates all the sky."
Etymology
Back-formation from illustration.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/
- British English: /ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/