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 Definitions of elaborate  [ˌɛl ɑˈyun]  

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Definition of 'elaborate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) elaborate
worked out in great detail; painstaking:
elaborate preparations.

2.  elaborate
ornate, showy, or gaudy:
an elaborate costume.

3. (v.t.) elaborate
to work out in minute detail.

4.  elaborate
to develop or expand.

5.  elaborate
to produce or develop by labor.

6. (v.i.) elaborate
to add details or information; expand (usu. fol. by on):
to elaborate on an idea.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < L ēlabōrātus, ptp. of ēlabōrāre to take pains, bestow effort on =ē-e - +labōrāre to work, der. of laborlabor)

Definition of 'elaborate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) elaborate, luxuriant
marked by complexity and richness of detail
"an elaborate lace pattern"

2. (verb) detailed, elaborate, elaborated
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
"a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

3. (verb) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

4. (verb) elaborate
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
"The bee elaborates honey"

5. (verb) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"

6. (verb) elaborate, work out
work out in detail
"elaborate a plan"


Definition of 'elaborate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) elaborate
complicated and detailed
an elaborate hoax; elaborate explanations

2. (verb) elaborate
to explain more fully
Please elaborate on your comments.; He then elaborated his theory.


Definition of 'elaborate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) elaborate
wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research

2. (verb) elaborate
to produce with labor

3. (verb) elaborate
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


Translation of 'elaborate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to work out or describe (a plan etc) in detail
He elaborated his theory.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: noukeurig uitbrei Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَوَسَّع في، يُفَصِّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разработвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desenvolver Czech flag Czech: podrobně rozpracovat German flag German: sorgfältig ausarbeiten
Danish flag Danish: udbygge; uddybe Greek flag Greek: επεξεργάζομαι, αναπτύσσω Spanish flag Spanish: desarrollar, elaborar
Estonian flag Estonian: välja töötama, üksikasjal Farsi flag Farsi: با جزئیات شرح دادن؛ مفصل Finnish flag Finnish: tarkentaa
French flag French: entrer dans les détails d Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָרחִיב Hindi flag Hindi: विस्तार करना
Croatian flag Croatian: razraditi Hungarian flag Hungarian: alaposan kidolgoz Indonesian flag Indonesian: merinci
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setja samaní smáatriðum; Italian flag Italian: elaborare Japanese flag Japanese: 念入りに作る
Korean flag Korean: (이론, 설계 등을) 정밀하게 구성하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuodugniai parengti/apraš Latvian flag Latvian: rūpīgi izstrādāt
Malay flag Malay: menguraikan Dutch flag Dutch: in detail uitwerken Norwegian flag Norwegian: utdype, gå i detaljer, fo
Polish flag Polish: opracowywać Persian flag Persian: با جزئیات شرح دادن؛ مفصل Pashto flag Pashto: په دقت اجر كول، په يزا ر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desenvolver Romanian flag Romanian: a elabora Russian flag Russian: детально разрабатывать
Slovak flag Slovak: podrobne rozpracovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: izdelati Serbian flag Serbian: elaborirati
Swedish flag Swedish: utarbeta Thai flag Thai: อธิบาย Turkish flag Turkish: ayrıntılarıyla hazırlamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 精心策劃,詳盡說明 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розвивати Urdu flag Urdu: تفصیلا تیار کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chi tiết hoá Chinese flag Chinese: 精心制作,详细地说明

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