Illustrate

//ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt//

Synonyms for "illustrate" (139 found)

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Translations

71 translations across 29 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • e zënë verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ілюстрава́ць verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ілюстрава́ць verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • илюстрирам verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • пояснявам verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 舉例說明 /举例说明 verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • 闡明 /阐明 verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Czech

2 entries
  • ilustrovat verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustrovat verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Dutch

2 entries
  • illustreren verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illustreren verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ilustri verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Finnish

3 entries
  • havainnollistaa verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • kuvata verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • kuvittaa verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

French

2 entries
  • illustrer verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illustrer verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Galician

2 entries
  • ilustrar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustrar verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

German

2 entries
  • illustrieren verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illustrieren verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אִיֵּר verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • הִמְחִישׁ verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Hindi

2 entries
  • वाख्या verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • स्पष्टीकरण verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • illusztrál verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illusztrál verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • megvilágít verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • szemléltet verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • lýsa verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • myndskreyta verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Ido

4 entries
  • explikar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustrar verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • klarigar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • lumizar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Irish

2 entries
  • léirigh verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • maisigh verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Italian

4 entries
  • descrivere verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • esemplificare verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • illustrare verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illustrare verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakatauira verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Pohnpeian

1 entries
  • mangitikihada verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Polish

2 entries
  • obrazować verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • zobrazować verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • ilustrar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustrar verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ilustra verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustra verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Russian

4 entries
  • де́лать иллюстра́ции verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • иллюстри́ровать verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • иллюстри́ровать verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • оформля́ть verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ilustrar verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ilustrar verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Swedish

2 entries
  • illustrera verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • illustrera verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • проілюструва́ти verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • проілюструва́ти verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • ілюструва́ти verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • ілюструва́ти verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)

Walloon

3 entries
  • enimådjî verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • espliker verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • mostrer verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Welsh

3 entries
  • darlunio verb (to add explanatory or decoratory features)
  • egluro verb (to clarify by giving as an example)
  • esbonio verb (to clarify by giving as an example)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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This diagram will illustrate what I mean.

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I would like to illustrate children's books for a living.

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I will illustrate the way people use language.

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The teacher will illustrate how to do it.

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