{
    "term": "illustrate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "illustrate",
            "heSheIt": "illustrates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "illustrated",
        "pastParticiple": "illustrated",
        "ingForm": "illustrating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to use pictures, photographs, diagrams, etc. in a book, etc.",
            "sensetop": "illustrate somethingillustrate something with something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She illustrated her own books.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His lecture was illustrated with photos taken during the expedition.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate something with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new edition is heavily illustrated with photographs of aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Quentin Blake was tasked with illustrating the novels of Evelyn Waugh."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The volume is lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["copiously", "generously", "heavily"],
                "preposition": ["by", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make the meaning of something clearer by using examples, pictures, etc.",
            "sensetop": "illustrate somethingillustrate something with somethingillustrate how, what, etc…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**To illustrate my point**, let me tell you a little story.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last year's sales figures are illustrated in Figure 2."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is showing these silent films to help illustrate his story of survival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each topic is illustrated with concrete examples of economic practice.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate something with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here's an example to illustrate what I mean.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate how, what, etc…"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["amply", "aptly", "brilliantly"],
                "verb + illustrate": ["serve to", "attempt to", "seek to"],
                "preposition": ["by", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to show that something is true or that a situation exists",
            "sensetop": "illustrate somethingillustrate how, what, etc…illustrate that…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The incident illustrates the need for better security measures.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This story illustrates how little has changed.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate how, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These data illustrate that many parents are not aware of the risks.",
                    "contextForm": "illustrate that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His question merely illustrates his ignorance of the subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The case tragically illustrates the dangers of fireworks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dire consequences of chronic underfunding are nowhere better illustrated than in the nation's schools."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["amply", "aptly", "brilliantly"],
                "verb + illustrate": ["serve to", "attempt to", "seek to"],
                "preposition": ["by", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪt/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrate__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪts/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪt/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪts/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪləstreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "il/illustrate/illustrating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘illuminate, shed light on’): from Latin illustrat- ‘lit up’, from the verb illustrare, from in- ‘upon’ + lustrare ‘illuminate’."
}