illustration

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

Synonyms

example
B1
picture
A2
drawing
B2
figure
A2
instance
B2
image
B1
design
B2
diagram
C2
parable
34k
sample
B2
map
B1
sketch
C1
explanation
B2
plan
A1
painting
B1
🖼️
exemplification
evidence
A2
representative
C1
allegory
40k
pattern
B2
comparison
C1
icon
C2
scheme
C1
ikon
portrait
C1
photograph
B2
case
A1
specimen
C1
tableau
41k
view
B1
depiction
32k
iconography
representation
C2
plate
B1
photo
B1
model
B1
portraiture
exhibition
C1
copies
B2
exemplar

conventional sign

effigy
36k
duplicate
C2
landscape
C1
comment
B2
carbon copy
art
A2
🎨
legend
B2
key
A2
🔑
intent
C1
Translations

illustration
ilustración
Illustration
Abbildung
illustrazione
ilustração
Zeichnung
رسم
illustratie
figure
figura
صورة
desenho
disegno
Frequency

30k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɪl.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

From Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“I illustrate”). By surface analysis, illustrate + -ion.

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