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illustration

An illustration is a picture or a drawing or the act of creating the drawing, or is an example used to explain or prove something. (noun)

  1. An example of an illustration is a picture accompanying a magazine article.
  2. An example of an illustration is the description of deforestation used to show the harm that humans are having on the environment.

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