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1 illustrative
illustrative, US [transcription][I"lVs-"] adj illustrative material illustrations fpl ; it is illustrative of… cela illustre bien… ; ‘may be reproduced for illustrative purposes’ Publg ‘peut être reproduit à titre d'illustration’. -
2 illustrative
illustrative [ˈɪləstrətɪv][example] illustratif* * *['ɪləstrətɪv], US [ɪ'lʌs-]it is illustrative of... — cela illustre bien...
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3 illustrative
illustrative ['ɪləstrətɪv](picture, diagram) qui illustre, explicatif; (action, event, fact) qui démontre, qui illustre;∎ the demonstrations are illustrative of the need for reform les manifestations montrent que des réformes sont nécessaires►► illustrative example exemple m illustratifUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > illustrative
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['iləstreit]1) (to provide (a book, lecture etc) with pictures, diagrams etc.) illustrer2) (to make (a statement etc) clearer by providing examples etc: Let me illustrate my point; This diagram will illustrate what I mean.) illustrer•- illustration - illustrative - illustrator -
6 Usage note : like
When like is used as a preposition (like a child, do it like this) it can generally be translated by comme.she’s like her father or she looks like her father= elle ressemble à son pèrelike is used after certain other verbs in English to express particular kinds of resemblance (taste like, feel like, smell like etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry.songs like my mother sings= des chansons comme celles que chante ma mèreWhen like is used to introduce an illustrative example ( big cities like London) it can be translated by either comme or tel/telle/tels/ telles que: les grandes villes comme Londres or les grandes villes telles que Londres.
См. также в других словарях:
illustrative evidence — see evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Illustrative — Il*lus tra*tive, a. 1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate. [1913 Webster] 2. Making illustrious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
illustrative — I adjective annotative, clarifying, definitive, delineator/, depictive, descriptive, elucidative, evincive, exemplary, explanatory, expository, figurative, general, graphic, illuminative, indicative, inferential, interpretative, narrative,… … Law dictionary
illustrative statement — index dictum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
illustrative — (adj.) 1640s, from ILLUSTRATE (Cf. illustrate) + IVE (Cf. ive) … Etymology dictionary
illustrative — [adj] explanatory allegorical, clarifying, comparative, corroborative, delineative, descriptive, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, expository, figurative, graphic, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory,… … New thesaurus
illustrative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ serving as an example or explanation. DERIVATIVES illustratively adverb … English terms dictionary
illustrative — [i lus′trə tiv, il′ə strāt΄iv] adj. [ML(Ec) illustrativus] serving as an illustration or example illustratively adv … English World dictionary
Illustrative — Die Illustrative ist ein Kunstfestival. Im Zentrum der Illustrative steht eine Ausstellung für zeitgenössische Illustration und Grafik, die eine aktuelle Werkschau dieser Disziplinen zeigt. Erweitert wird die Ausstellung durch einen offenen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Illustrative — L Illustrative est un festival d art qui a lieu chaque année à Berlin. Au cœur de l Illustrative se tient une exposition d illustration et de graphisme contemporains qui est pour ces disciplines une vitrine des dernières tendances. Cette… … Wikipédia en Français
illustrative — adj. illustrative of (illustrative of one s views) * * * [ ɪləstreɪtɪv] illustrative of (illustrative of one s views) … Combinatory dictionary