illustration
A picture or drawing in a book, article, or other text that helps you understand or that makes it look nicer.
A picture, drawing, or other visual image that is added to text to explain it more clearly or to make it more attractive.
An example that helps you understand an idea or rule.
An example, case, or situation that is used to make an idea, rule, or argument clearer.
The work or art of making pictures for books, magazines, or other texts.
The art or professional activity of producing visual images, especially drawings, to accompany or explain written text.
- Base: illustration
- Plural: illustration, illustrations
as an illustration
1presenting something as an example
Used when you show or describe something as an example to explain an idea.
- As an illustration, look at how this policy affected families last year.
- The professor used my project as an illustration of the main problem.
- As an illustration of this trend, the report highlights three recent studies.
by way of illustration
1used to introduce an example
Used before giving an example that helps explain what you just said.
- By way of illustration, consider how many small businesses closed during the crisis.
- He mentioned, by way of illustration, a case in which the system had completely failed.
- Let me offer, by way of illustration, a story from my own experience.
for illustration purposes only
1only as a non-binding example
Used to say that a picture, number, or example is just to help people understand and is not the real or final thing.
- The prices listed here are for illustration purposes only and may change without notice.
- The photos are for illustration purposes only and do not show the actual product.
- Figures in this document are for illustration purposes only and are not guarantees.