Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: illustration
IPA transcription: [,ɪləstɹ'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of illustration
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: illustration
    Meaning: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
  • Synonyms: exemplification, illustration
    Meaning: showing by example
  • Synonyms: example, illustration, instance, representative
    Meaning: an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
  • Synonyms: illustration
    Meaning: a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
Usage examples
  • To recur to our illustration.
  • [Illustration: Village Street]
  • [Illustration: A Check Properly Drawn.
  • [Illustration: The Same Check "Raised".
  • [Illustration: A Check Carelessly Drawn.
  • An illustration may clear up their significance.
  • A final illustration will make these facts still clearer.
  • A good illustration of this is afforded by space and time.
  • "It certainly is rather a striking illustration of the long arm of coincidence."
  • That is too weighty a subject to be discussed parenthetically, and by way of illustration.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The World Without Us, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Martin Luther, License CC BY-SA 4.0