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

adjective (a)

  • Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • marked by complexity and richness of detail(adj.all)
    Example:
    An elaborate lace pattern.
    Synonym:
    luxuriant
    source: wordnet30
  • developed or executed with care and in minute detail(adj.all)
    Example:
    The elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion.
    The carefully elaborated theme.
    Synonym:
    detailed, elaborated
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing(verb.communication)
    Example:
    She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation.
    Synonym:
    dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
    Antonym:
    abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
    source: wordnet30
  • produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product(verb.creation)
    Example:
    The bee elaborates honey.
    source: wordnet30
  • make more complex, intricate, or richer(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    complicate, rarify, refine
    source: wordnet30
  • work out in detail(verb.change)
    Example:
    Elaborate a plan.
    Synonym:
    work out
    source: wordnet30
  • To produce with labor(verb)
    source: webster1913
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