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   elaborate

   adjective

   • 1. involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning: "elaborate security precautions" Similar complicateddetailedintricatecomplexinvolvedtortuousconvolutedserpentinetangledknottyconfusingbewilderingbafflingpainstakingcarefulinextricableentangledimpenetrableByzantineDaedalianGordianrare:involuteinvolutedornatedecoratedembellishedadornedornamentedfancyover-elaboratefussybusyostentatiousextravagantshowybaroquerococofloridwedding-cakegingerbreadinformal:flashflashyOpposite simpleplain
   • ▪ (of an action) lengthy and exaggerated: "he made an elaborate pretence of yawning"

   verb

   • 1. develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail: "the theory was proposed by Cope and elaborated by Osborn"
   • ▪ add more detail concerning what has already been said: "he would not elaborate on his news"
   • 2. (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents: "many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’, also in elaborate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. elaborateness noun
   • 2. elaborative adjective
   • 3. elaborator noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • English (US)

     ELABORATE meaning: 1. containing a lot of careful detail or...

   • Znaczenie Elaborate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     ELABORATE definicja: 1. containing a lot of careful detail...

   • Simplified

     ELABORATE translate: 精心计划（或制作）的；详尽的；复杂的, 详尽说明；阐述. Learn more...

   • Elaborate in Japanese

     ELABORATE translate: 精巧な, 複雑な, 精巧（せいこう）な, 精巧（せいこう）に作（つく）る....

   • Elaborate in Arabic

     ELABORATE translate: مُفَصَّل. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Traditional

     ELABORATE translate: 精心計劃（或製作）的；詳盡的；複雜的, 詳盡說明；闡述. Learn more...

   • Portuguese Translation

     ELABORATE translate: elaborado, complicado, estender-se,...

   • Elaborate in Korean

     ELABORATE translate: 정교한. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   ELABORATE meaning: 1. containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts: 2. to add more information to or…. Learn more.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › elaborateElaborate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of elaborate (/ɪˈlæbəˌreɪt/) verb. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. “She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation” synonyms: dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out. see more. verb. work out in detail.

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