illustrate
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Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈɪl.jʊˌstreɪt/ or /ɪˈlʌsˌtreɪt/
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈɪl.əˌstreɪt/ or /ɪˈlʌsˌtreɪt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Verb[change]
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- (transitive) If you illustrate something, you draw a picture of it, or you explain it.
- "I'm sorry, can you explain again?" "OK, let me illustrate with an example."
- This graph illustrates the change in price.
- (transitive) If you illustrate a book, magazine, poster, etc., you put pictures in it.
- Have you tried reading these illustrated books for adults?