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# illustration

«illustration» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an illustration, illustrations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#m1)

2) An illustration is an example that helps explain an idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In reading and art lessons, illustrations show what happens in the story and help readers understand; an illustrator draws them. In science and maths, a labelled illustration or diagram explains how something works. «By way of illustration» means as an example. Phrases: a book with illustrations, colour illustrations, a good illustration of.

### examples

- For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x1)
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x2)
- For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph [25] (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x3)
- The picture book has beautiful illustrations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x4)
- Draw an illustration to go with your poem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x5)
- The illustration showed the parts of a flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x6)
- Look at the illustration on page twelve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x7)
- This story is a good illustration of why honesty matters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x8)
- Her favourite illustrations were the ones with dragons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x9)
- [Illustration: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/#x10)

### note

Countable: an illustration, illustrations («an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Verb: illustrate; person: illustrator. An illustration can be any picture; a diagram is a simple labelled drawing that explains.

### In the corpora

- [Adverts show toys at their best, sometimes with effects; «pictures are for illustration» means the real toy may do less.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/21/)
- [«Pictures are for illustration» means the picture may not show exactly what you get.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «illustration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illustration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.