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ILLUSTRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("illustration" is a kind of...):
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illustration"):
plate (a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper))
Derivation:
illustrate (supply with illustrations)
illustrate (depict with an illustration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An item of information that is typical of a class or group
Example:
there is an example on page 10
Synonyms:
example; illustration; instance; representative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("illustration" is a kind of...):
information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illustration"):
apology; excuse (a poor example)
exception (an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization)
case in point; precedent (an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time)
quintessence (the most typical example or representative of a type)
sample (a small part of something intended as representative of the whole)
specimen (an example regarded as typical of its class)
Derivation:
illustrate (clarify by giving an example of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Showing by example
Synonyms:
exemplification; illustration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("illustration" is a kind of...):
demo; demonstration (a visual presentation showing how something works)
Derivation:
illustrate (clarify by giving an example of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("illustration" is a kind of...):
art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter (photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication)
Meronyms (parts of "illustration"):
caption; legend (brief description accompanying an illustration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illustration"):
pictorial matter; picture (illustrations used to decorate or explain a text)
fig; figure (a diagram or picture illustrating textual material)
Derivation:
illustrate (supply with illustrations)
illustrate (depict with an illustration)
Context examples:
“I don’t admit that a fresh illustration is an explanation,” said I with some asperity.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The focal point of this illustration is the AKAP350 complex.
(Centrosome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It is true that the circumstance did not admit of any striking illustration of those powers for which my friend was famous, but there were some points about the case which made it stand out in those long records of crime from which I gather the material for these little narratives.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Although their intention was to preserve such material as part of German cultural and literary history, and their collection was first published with scholarly notes and no illustration, the tales soon came into the possession of young readers.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
We earnestly hope that you liked the illustrations.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He smoked on again, and again removed the pipe, using it to point at the Police Gazette illustration.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Hear an illustration, reader.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I haven't given up the hope that I may write a good book yet, but I can wait, and I'm sure it will be all the better for such experiences and illustrations as these, and Jo pointed from the lively lads in the distance to her father, leaning on the Professor's arm, as they walked to and fro in the sunshine, deep in one of the conversations which both enjoyed so much, and then to her mother, sitting enthroned among her daughters, with their children in her lap and at her feet, as if all found help and happiness in the face which never could grow old to them.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Another modern book he found treated poetry as a representative art, treated it exhaustively, with copious illustrations from the best in literature.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He glanced at the Police Gazette illustration and nodded his head at it familiarly.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
