different between illustration vs illustrate
illustration
English
Etymology
From Middle French illustration, from Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).Morphologically illustrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: il?lus?tra?tion
Noun
illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)
- The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
- That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
- A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
- A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)
Translations
Descendants
- Japanese: ????
References
French
Etymology
From Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.lys.t?a.sj??/
Noun
illustration f (plural illustrations)
- illustration
- photo, picture
Related terms
- illustrer
Further reading
- “illustration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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illustrate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from illustration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.??st?e?t/, /?.?l?s.t?e?t/
- (/??l.j?s?t?e?t/)
Verb
illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)
- (obsolete) To shed light upon.
- Synonyms: illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
- (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
- To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
- (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
- Synonym: glorify
See also
- shed light upon
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “illustrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Italian
Adjective
illustrate f pl
- feminine plural of illustrato
Verb
illustrate
- second-person plural present of illustrare
- second-person plural imperative of illustrare
- feminine plural past participle of illustrare
Latin
Participle
ill?str?te
- vocative masculine singular of ill?str?tus
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