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Meaning of 'elaborate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elaborate [ a.]
- Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
2 . Elaborate [ v. t.]
- To produce with labor
- To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

Meaning of 'elaborate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . elaborate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- work out in detail
Example in sentence:
  • elaborate a plan
Meaning (2):
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
Example in sentence:
  • refine a design or pattern
Meaning (3):
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Example in sentence:
  • She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Meaning (4):
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
Example in sentence:
  • The bee elaborates honey
5 . elaborate [ s]
Meaning (5):
- developed or executed with care and in minute detail
Example in sentence:
  • a detailed plan;
  • the carefully elaborated theme;
  • the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion
Meaning (6):
- marked by complexity and richness of detail
Example in sentence:
  • an elaborate lace pattern

Nearby Words:

elaborated elaborating elaboration elaborative elaborator elaboratory elaeagnus elaeis elaeolite elaeoptene

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