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- pronunciation:
- I
l
streIt
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
illustrates, illustrating, illustrated |
| definition 1: |
to explain or make clear by giving examples.
By using a prism, the teacher illustrated how rainbows are formed.- synonyms:
- demonstrate
- similar words:
- clarify, exhibit, explain, illuminate, present, represent, show
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| definition 2: |
to draw pictures to go along with a book or other written material.
He illustrated the children's book with pictures of dinosaurs.- similar words:
- depict, draw, illuminate, portray, represent, sketch
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| related words: |
amplify, picture |
| derivation: |
illustrated (adj.) |
Illustrate comes from a Latin word that means "light up." The words "luster" and "lustrous" come from related Latin words.
Word Builder: illustrate +
- illustrated:
having pictures.
The word illustrate
contains the following parts:
il-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix il-1 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-1 used before roots beginning with "l," such as "lum."
Example words:
lustr
Latin
root
that means shine
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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