ILLUSTRATING definition: 1. present participle of illustrate 2. to draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc.: 3. to show the…. Learn more.

The meaning of ILLUSTRATE is to provide with visual features intended to explain or decorate. How to use illustrate in a sentence.

To clarify or explain, as by the use of examples or comparisons: The mayor illustrated the problem with an anecdote. b. To serve as an example or clarification of: a story that illustrates a …

If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs, or diagrams into it. She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book. [VERB noun] He has illustrated the book with black-and …

illustrated, illustrating to clarify one's words, writings, etc., with examples. To prevent misunderstandings, let me illustrate.

il•lus•trate/ˈɪləˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌstreɪt/v.[~+object]-trat•ed, -trat•ing. to provide (a book, etc.) with artwork:to illustrate a book. to make clear or understandable by providing examples:illustrated …

Children's books are illustrated with pictures. An example can illustrate an abstract idea. The word illustrate comes from the Latin illustrare 'to light up or enlighten.' Pictures in a book enlighten …

The word 'illustrating' originates from the Latin word 'illustratus', which means 'light up' or 'make bright'. The term evolved to represent the act of providing visual explanations or examples to …

Definition of illustrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Over 200 photographs illustrating aspects of life in the 20th Century in the LB of Greenwich. The frescoes from the Francois tomb, discovered in 1857, illustrating Greek and Etruscan myths, …