illustrate

verb46 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.9

To illustrate in a way that is easy to see, understand, or recognize.

To illustrate in a good and effective way.

To illustrate in a way that successfully produces the intended result of making something clear.

To illustrate something completely, leaving no part without a picture or diagram.

To be a perfect example of something.

To illustrate with a very high density of pictures.

To do nothing more than illustrate; to only serve as an example.

To illustrate in a way that has a strong effect on your mind or emotions.

To illustrate in a way that produces very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind.

To add pictures of high artistic quality.

To illustrate in a sudden, very noticeable, and often surprising way.

To illustrate in a pleasant and effective way.

To illustrate with a wide variety of high-quality pictures.

To illustrate in an extremely clever and skillful way.

To add pictures of excellent, outstanding quality.

To illustrate something in an excellent, outstanding way that makes it very clear.

To add pictures in a way that is pleasing and appealing to the eye.

To illustrate in a simple, clever, and effective way.

To illustrate with very clear and explicit details, often about something unpleasant.

To illustrate in a way that is very unusual or noticeable.

To illustrate in a rich, elaborate, and expensive-looking way.

To illustrate in a way that is perfectly suitable or appropriate for the situation.

To do nothing more than illustrate; to only serve as an example.

To illustrate something in a way that is very sad, often involving death or suffering.

To add pictures in an impressive, stylish, and high-quality manner.

To illustrate something unpleasant in a way that is very obvious and impossible to ignore.

To illustrate with a large number of pictures, suggesting abundance.

To provide more than enough examples or details to make something clear.

To illustrate an unpleasant truth in a direct and uncompromising way.

To illustrate with an extremely large quantity of pictures.

To illustrate with a very large number of pictures, often in a detailed book or document.

To use photographs specifically as the means of illustration.

Indicates the specific things (e.g., photographs, diagrams) used to illustrate something.

Indicates the agent or method used for illustration, such as a person or a type of image. Often used in passive voice (illustrated by...).

Indicates the person or group to whom something is being explained or shown.

To assist in making something clear or providing an example.

To make an effort to illustrate something.

Used to say that something is a good or typical example of a particular point or situation.

To have the purpose of illustrating something.

To be sufficient to act as an example or make something clear.

To be created with the intention of illustrating something.

To try to make something clear or show it with examples.

A more formal way to say 'try to illustrate'.

To be selected for the specific purpose of illustrating something.

A more formal way to say 'be enough to illustrate'.