illustration
The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct.
Other meanings
The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
Related words
- overillustration
- reillustration
- illustrational
- illustration board
- photoillustration
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "illūstrātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “illustration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.