All 4 Uses of
illustrate
in
Do You Speak American?
- The speech of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a New Yorker, illustrates the admired and widely imitated earlier style.†
Chpt 3illustrates = helps make clear
- California speech illustrates the way people "middle" their accents.†
Chpt 7
- ") There, Levy says, like is not intended to introduce a literal, verbatim quotation, but an illustrative example, letting her "offer a stereotypical response for her brother."†
Chpt 7 *illustrative = serving to help explain or demonstrate something
- Valley Girls, Surfer Dudes, skateboarders, and snow punks all illustrate the bigger point that a huge amount of fresh language and new vocabulary is always being created by the young of each generation.
Chpt 7illustrate = help make clear
Definitions:
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(1)
(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example
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(2)
(illustrate as in: an illustrated children's book) to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing