illustrative
illustrative
Definition
il·lus·tra·tive (i lus′trə tiv, il′ə strāt′iv)
adjective
serving as an illustration or example
Etymology: ML(Ec) illustrativus
il·lus′·tra·tively adverb
illustrative
Synonyms
illustrative
modif.
illustrative
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- history: Documents illustrative of the History of the Church to AD 337.
- point: The above case of M.C. is clearly illustrative of these points.
- life: Memoirs, illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn, Esq.
- way: Joinder is not generally justified where the substantive counts are merely sample counts illustrative of the way the conspiracy was carried out.
- range: These broad answer types are merely illustrative of a wide range of variants now available in the CUE system.
- family: Its purpose was to gather ethnographic and dynamic information illustrative of family, aging and social mobility.
Modifies a noun
- example: Six criteria, with illustrative examples, are listed here.
- purpose: For illustrative purposes, examples have been drawn from the Graphic Science project " Science on the Busses " .
- quotation: Helpful for its glossary of terms used by Suarez with illustrative quotations.
- scenario: Under this illustrative scenario the charges are assumed to vary with the level of congestion.
- elevation: The Respondent contends that the illustrative elevations comply with the Act.
- material: Authors are strongly advised to retain copies of all illustrative material.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: No. This model was suggested as a purely illustrative model.
- merely: These are merely illustrative of some of the more generic goals that you might negotiate.
- particularly: This model is particularly illustrative of Bak's ideas and the theory of SOC.
- only: The supporting slides are only illustrative of the possible sources.
- very: Vehicles look either really dated or really futuristic depending on the setting and icons in the interface are very illustrative.
- also: London is also illustrative of how suburban, over time, becomes urban.
Used with adjective complement
- consider: Products Details Some products may have an associated image or photo, these are for reference only and should be considered illustrative.
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