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- Dictionaryillustrative/ˈɪləstrətɪv/
adjective
- 1. serving as an example or explanation: "this timetable is provided for illustrative purposes only"
- 2. relating to pictorial illustration: "the illustrative arts"
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helping to explain or prove something: illustrative of Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying. analogy. archetypal. archetypically. be someone all over idiom. betoken. instantiate. mirror. Mrs. on-brand.
The meaning of ILLUSTRATIVE is serving, tending, or designed to illustrate. How to use illustrative in a sentence.
helping to explain or prove something: illustrative of Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying. analogy. archetypal. archetypically. be someone all over idiom. betoken. instantiate. mirror. Mrs. on-brand.
Definition of illustrative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. If you use something as an illustrative example, or for illustrative purposes, you use it to show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer. [formal] A second illustrative example was taken from The Observer newspaper.
Illustrative definition: serving to illustrate; explanatory. See examples of ILLUSTRATIVE used in a sentence.
Something is illustrative when it paints a perfect picture of a subject. If you're trying to describe something, an illustrative example might make it easier for your audience to understand what you mean. The tidiness of your sock drawer might be illustrative of your compulsive (or messy) nature.
1. representative, typical, descriptive, explanatory, interpretive, expository, explicatory, illustrational The following excerpt is illustrative of her interaction with students. 2. pictorial, graphic, diagrammatic, delineative an illustrative guide to the daily activities of the football club.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English il‧lus‧tra‧tive /ˈɪləstreɪtɪv, -strət- $ ɪˈlʌstrətɪv/ AWL adjective 1 helping to explain the meaning of something illustrative of The case is illustrative of a common pattern.
serving as an example or explanation: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
