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elaborate

/I/'l/&/b/(@)/r/@/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an <i>elaborate</i> discourse; an <i>elaborate</i> performance; <i>elaborate</i> research.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. marked by complexity and richness of detail

    adj.all

    Examples
    An elaborate lace pattern.
    Synonyms luxuriant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail

    adj.all

    Examples
    The elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion.
    The carefully elaborated theme.
    Synonyms detailed elaborated

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

    verb.communication

    Examples
    She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation.
    Synonyms dilate enlarge expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate
    Antonyms abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

    verb.creation

    Examples
    The bee elaborates honey.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. make more complex, intricate, or richer

    verb.change

    Synonyms complicate rarify refine

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. work out in detail

    verb.change

    Examples
    Elaborate a plan.
    Synonyms work out

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. To produce with labor

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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