0 present participle of illustrate
1 to draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc.:
a beautifully illustrated book/old manuscript
2 to show the meaning or truth of something more clearly, especially by giving examples:
The lecturer illustrated his point with a diagram on the blackboard.
This latest conflict further illustrates the weakness of the UN.
[ + question word ] The exhibition will illustrate how life evolved from water.
It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
The incident graphically illustrates just how dangerous the situation in the war zone has become.
She illustrated her point by carrying out a simple experiment.
Section 4 gives some examples illustrating this system's expressive power.
Intracellular studies in the facial nucleus illustrating a simple new method for obtaining viable motorneurons in adult rat brain slices.
Its goals were ambitious and the chapters, though illustrating only a small proportion of the research, reflect some of its richness.
