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illustrative adjective 1. representative, typical, descriptive, explanatory, interpretive, expository, explicatory, illustrational The following excerpt is illustrative of her interaction with students. 2. pictorial, graphic, diagrammatic, delineative an illustrative guide to the daily activities of the football club Translations illustrative [ˈɪləstrətɪv] ADJ [drawing] → ilustrativo; [example] → ilustrativo to be illustrative of sth → ejemplificar or demostrar algo illustrative [ˈɪləstrətɪv] adj [quotation, material] → destiné(e) à illustrer le propos an illustrative example → un exemple utilisé à des fins d'illustration to be illustrative of sth (= show the nature of) → illustrer qch The following excerpt is illustrative of her interaction with students → L'extrait suivant illustre son interaction avec les étudiants. illustrative adj → veranschaulichend, verdeutlichend; illustrative of → bezeichnend or beispielhaft für; for illustrative purposes → zur Veranschaulichung illustrative [ˈɪləstrətɪv] adj → illustrativo/a illustrative [ˈɪləstrətɪv] adj → illustrativo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It occurred to me that a work of this kind might comprise a variety of those curious details, so interesting to me, illustrative of the fur trade; of its remote and adventurous enterprises, and of the various people, and tribes, and castes, and characters, civilized and savage, affected by its operations. is its abundant illustrative quotations from eminent poets, chief of He gives you the official teaching on the whole subject, is precise as to rules, mentions illustrative events, quotes law cases where verdicts turned upon a point of stowage. |
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