elaborate
1. add details, as to an account or idea;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (Freq. 7)
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
• Syn:
lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out,
expand, expound, dilate
• Ant:
contract (for: expand)
• Derivationally related forms:
dilation (for: dilate), expository (for: expound), exponent (for: expound), expounding (for: expound), expansion (for: expand), enlargement (for: enlarge), exposition (for: exposit), expatiation (for: expatiate), lucubration (for: lucubrate), elaboration
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
• Hyponyms:
detail, set forth, expound, exposit, exemplify,
exemplify, instance, specify, particularize, particularise,
specialize, specialise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- They elaborate that there was a traffic accident
2. produce from basic elements or sources;
change into a more developed product
- The bee elaborates honey
• Derivationally related forms:
elaboration
• Hypernyms:
produce, make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make more complex, intricate, or richer
- refine a design or pattern
• Syn:
complicate, refine, rarify
• Derivationally related forms:
elaboration, complication (for: complicate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
involve, develop, sophisticate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. work out in detail
- elaborate a plan
• Syn:
work out
• Derivationally related forms:
elaboration
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Verb Group:
work out, work up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. marked by complexity and richness of detail (Freq. 9)
- an elaborate lace pattern
• Syn:
luxuriant
• Similar to:
fancy
• Derivationally related forms:
luxuriance (for: luxuriant), elaborateness
2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail (Freq. 4)
- a detailed plan
- "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan
- the carefully elaborated theme
• Syn:
detailed, elaborated
• Similar to:
careful
• Derivationally related forms:
elaborateness
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