VERB | communication | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
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creation | elaborate | produce from basic elements or sources | |
change | elaborate, complicate, refine, rarify | make more complex, intricate, or richer | |
change | elaborate, work out | work out in detail | |
ADJECTIVE | all | elaborate, luxuriant | marked by complexity and richness of detail |
all | elaborate, detailed, elaborated | developed or executed with care and in minute detail |
Sounds | ihlae'berey.t; ihlae'braht | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | marked by complexity and richness of detail. | |
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Example | "an elaborate lace pattern" | |
Synonym | luxuriant | |
Broader | fancy | not plain |
Spanish | complicado, intrincado | |
Nouns | elaborateness | an ornate appearance |
Adverbs | elaborately | with elaboration |
Meaning | Developed or executed with care and in minute detail. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | detailed, elaborated | |
Broader | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
Spanish | detallado, detenido, elaborado, pormenorizado | |
Catalan | detallat, elaborat, minuciós | |
Nouns | elaborateness | marked by elaborately complex detail |
Meaning | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning / meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | They elaborate that there was a traffic accident | |
Example | "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" | |
Synonyms | lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | |
Narrower | detail | Provide details for |
exemplify, illustrate, instance | clarify by giving an example of | |
set forth, expound, exposit | state | |
specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise | Be specific about | |
Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
Opposite | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
Spanish | ampliar, dilatarse, expandir, explicar, exponer, extenderse | |
Catalan | ampliar, expandir | |
Nouns | elaboration | addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail |
elaboration | a discussion that provides additional information |
Meaning | produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The bee elaborates honey" | |
Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
Spanish | elaborar | |
Catalan | elaborar | |
Nouns | elaboration | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
Meaning | make more complex, intricate, or richer. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | complicate, refine, rarify | |
Narrower | develop | elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme |
involve | make complex or intricate or complicated | |
sophisticate | make more complex or refined | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | complicar, refinar | |
Catalan | complicar, elaborar, refinar | |
Nouns | elaboration | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
elaboration | marked by elaborately complex detail | |
elaboration | the result of improving something |
Meaning | Work out in detail. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "elaborate a plan" | |
Synonym | work out | |
Broader | develop, make grow | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development |
Similar to | work out, work up | come up with |
Spanish | elaborar, llevar a cabo | |
Catalan | elaborar | |
Nouns | elaboration | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
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