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Synonyms for illustration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : il-uh-strey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən

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Définition of illustration

Origin :
  • c.1400, "a shining;" early 15c., "a manifestation;" mid-15c., "a spiritual illumination," from Old French illustration "apparition, appearance," and directly from Latin illustrationem (nominative illustratio) "vivid representation" (in writing), literally "an enlightening," from past participle stem of illustrare "light up, make light, illuminate;" figuratively "make clear, disclose, explain; adorn, render distinguished," from assimilated form of in- "in" (see in- (2)) + lustrare "make bright, illuminate," related to lucere "shine," lux "light" (see light (n.)). Mental sense of "act of making clear in the mind" is from 1580s. Meaning "an illustrative picture" is from 1816.
  • noun demonstration, exemplification
  • noun drawing, artwork that assists explanation
Example sentences :
  • He had for years been writing of family and social duties; here was his illustration!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • And this illustration has significance for more than the physical order of revelation.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • Let us look at the opening chapters of Genesis for illustration.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • A glance at the illustration will make this plain, and also show how the wires are to be placed.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Not from the marvellous, my friends; let us seek an illustration from the ordinary.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He looked like his illustration, as he raised his eyes to Mr. Lorry's face.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • In illustration of what we mean, take a passage from the poet Shelley.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It would be the exemplification of Carlyle's illustration of the snake.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • It does not move us until we know that it is an illustration of Erasmus's Christian Knight.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • I shall add only a single other illustration of what I mean, before I close.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
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