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# illustration

noun (an illustration, illustrations)

«illustration» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#m1)
2. An illustration is an example that helps explain an idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#m2)

### In the lessons

In reading and art lessons, illustrations show what happens in the story and help readers understand; an illustrator draws them. In science and maths, a labelled illustration or diagram explains how something works. «By way of illustration» means as an example. Phrases: a book with illustrations, colour illustrations, a good illustration of.

### Examples

- The picture book has beautiful illustrations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x1)
- Draw an illustration to go with your poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x2)
- The illustration showed the parts of a flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x3)
- Look at the illustration on page twelve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x4)
- This story is a good illustration of why honesty matters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x5)
- Her favourite illustrations were the ones with dragons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x6)
- \[Illustration: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE\] [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an illustration, illustrations («an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Verb: illustrate; person: illustrator. An illustration can be any picture; a diagram is a simple labelled drawing that explains.

## In Jewish tradition

In reading and art lessons, illustrations show what happens in the story and help readers understand; an illustrator draws them. In science and maths, a labelled illustration or diagram explains how something works. «By way of illustration» means as an example. Phrases: a book with illustrations, colour illustrations, a good illustration of.

### Examples

- For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x1)
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x2)
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph \[25\] (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x3)

### Note

Countable: an illustration, illustrations («an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Verb: illustrate; person: illustrator. An illustration can be any picture; a diagram is a simple labelled drawing that explains.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «illustration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«illustration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/illustration.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «illustration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«illustration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illustration.html) on Mova free.