illustrations
- 1Plural of illustration.
The medical textbook included detailed illustrations of the human skeleton.
The lecturer used several illustrations to explain how the engine works.
Note
The plural most naturally counts things rather than processes. Few people speak of several acts of illustrating; what multiplies is what illustrates: pictures that decorate or explain a book, examples offered to clear up a point, or, in life insurance, calculated projections of premiums and returns. Context decides which is meant. A novel's illustrations are drawings, and a lecturer's are more often examples.
illustrations is a form of illustration
illustration, noun: A picture created to decorate a publication or help explain a written work. Full entry
- Forms
- illustrationillustrations plural
- Spelling
- illustration → illustrations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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