illustrates

Meaning of illustrates

verb
  1. To shed light upon.
  2. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
    We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
  3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
    The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.
  4. To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.

Information about illustrates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of illustrates is: illustrate.
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Hyphenation of illustrates

il-lus-trates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • illustrates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

illustrates synonyms

Meaning :

illuminate, glorify

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