illustrates
USIL-uh-strayts/ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪts/UKIL-yuu-strayts/ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪts/AUSi-LAS-trayts/ɪˈlasˌtɹæɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of illustrate.
The diagram illustrates the path that blood takes through the heart.
His sudden resignation illustrates the danger of ignoring expert advice.
Note
The -s form carries two living uses of the verb. When the subject is a case or a diagram, it clarifies by example: the episode illustrates a point. When the subject is an artist, it supplies pictures: she illustrates children's books. Two older meanings, shedding light upon something and making it illustrious, are now obsolete, though the second shows the verb's kinship with illustrious.
illustrates is a form of illustrate
illustrate, verb: To clarify something by giving an example or comparison, or by serving as one. Full entry
- Forms
- illustrateillustrates he/she/itillustrating -ing formillustrated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- illustrate → illustrates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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