{
    "term": "illustration",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a drawing or picture in a book, magazine, for decoration or to explain something",
            "sensetop": "illustration by somebodyillustration for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "50 full-colour illustrations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "detailed illustrations of animals, birds and plants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a volume of Chaucer with illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones",
                    "contextForm": "illustration by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He produced illustrations for children's books.",
                    "contextForm": "illustration for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her illustrations have appeared in the pages of numerous publications."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kite is assembled as shown in the illustration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wonderful book with full-page illustrations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the illustrations accompanying the text"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the new Inca map, with a detailed illustration of ancient Machu Picchu"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The illustration on page 10 shows the layout of the area."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["black-and-white", "colour/​color", "coloured/​colored"],
                "illustration + verb": [
                    "depict something",
                    "show something",
                    "accompany something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "in an/​the illustration",
                    "with an/​the illustration",
                    "illustration by"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of illustrating something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the art of book illustration"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a story, an event or an example that clearly shows the truth about something",
            "sensetop": "as an illustration",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The statistics are a clear illustration of the point I am trying to make."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I use this case as an illustration.",
                    "contextForm": "as an illustration"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me, **by way of illustration**, quote from one of her poems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chicago serves as an illustration of the problems faced by such cities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These figures are for illustration purposes only."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These events are a graphic illustration of the fact that their promises cannot be trusted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a textbook illustration of the way the UN works."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Explain the policy of détente and provide some illustrations of how it worked in practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As an illustration of this point, I'm going to tell you a true story."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "good", "perfect"],
                "verb + illustration": ["serve as", "give (somebody)", "offer"],
                "illustration + noun": ["purposes"],
                "preposition": ["as an illustration", "by way of illustration"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "il/illustration/illustration__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "il/illustration/illustration__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n-), from the verb illustrare, from in- ‘upon’ + lustrare ‘illuminate’."
}