illustrations

5 definitions • 7 examples

a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of illustrating something:

a full-page illustration

colour/black and white illustrations

an example that explains or proves something:

illustration of This delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.

by way of illustration A couple of examples are included, by way of illustration (= to show the meaning more clearly).

a picture:

[ C ] Look at the illustration on page 37.

An illustration is also an example that makes something easier to understand, or the giving of such examples:

[ C ] That’s a perfect illustration of the problem.

an example that shows something:

In our illustration of how much your initial investment might be worth at term, we are assuming an 8% rate of return.