| ADJECTIVE | all | elaborate, luxuriant | marked by complexity and richness of detail |
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| all | elaborate, detailed, elaborated | developed or executed with care and in minute detail | |
| VERB | communication | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Catalan | detallat, elaborat, minuciós | |
| Spanish | detallado | |
| 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 | exponer | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Catalan | complicar, elaborar, refinar | |
| Spanish | complicar, 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 |
| Catalan | elaborar | |
| Spanish | elaborar | |
| Nouns | elaboration | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |