Illustrate means: To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison. Related words include render or picture. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Illustrate in practice.
Illustrate in a sentence
Related words
Illustrate meaning
- To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
- To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
- To shed light upon.
Synonyms of Illustrate
Illustrate in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
Mr. Peterson (our chemistry teacher) also had some wood models he used to illustrate some of the simpler molecules.
As if to illustrate this point, whenI speak with Ilomuanya, her Faculty of Pharmacy building is without electricity.
The aim is to illustrate the country’s commitment to turning around its economy through hard work and dedication.
The adjoining maps, which are also available at the WBC Transportation Hub, illustrate the various options for guests.
They illustrate the strategies by providing numerous examples of companies from both developed and emerging countries.
He pointed to the example of breast cancer and the to illustrate how this knowledge can empower those at risk.
And most importantly, he wouldn’t be able to illustrate how broken the American political and media culture is right now.
For a wing, he’s undersized at 6-foot-6 and has work to do as a decision-maker, as his 3.1 turnovers per game illustrate.
Today, the developer can do something the city has never required or requested but that could better illustrate its plans.
There are movie versions of Moby Dick that illustrate the perils of trying to harpoon large whales from small, open boats.
Their debuts see artists (center) illustrate Tandemaus while illustrates a Maushold Family of Four (right).
Who makes it through to the general election on Nov. 7 will help illustrate which way Seattle’s political winds are blowing.
The Labour Party shared a video clip to X, formerly Twitter, to illustrate the last 14 years of the Conservative government.
The dozens of portraits illustrate that van Gogh did have a strong community of supportive acquaintances.
Another way to illustrate this is to measure how many consecutive trading days there have been without a 2% daily market move.
Tragically, it did not mark the end of wars, and the latest developments in Ukraine illustrate once again the cost of conflict.
When people talk they often make spontaneous and unconscious hand movements that illustrate the content of what they’re saying.
Their projections powerfully illustrate how many Palestinian lives are at stake in the next six months.
This serves to illustrate why freedom of speech is essential to both finding and preserving the truth.
Whatever lore concept the show is trying to illustrate, it didn’t have to do it in a way this heinous.
Common combinations with illustrate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to illustrate 94×
- illustrate the 63×
- illustrate how 26×
- illustrate this 12×
- illustrate that 12×
- that illustrate 12×
- illustrate his 6×
- and illustrate 5×
- also illustrate 5×
- will illustrate 5×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word illustrate. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.