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How to pronounce “illustrate”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of illustrate with real speech in context.
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- Civil Wars & A History in Ideas
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- Definition summary
- (figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
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How to pronounce illustrate
Civil Wars & A History in Ideas
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (figurative) 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 shed light upon.
- (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
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