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/ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/
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Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fussy
Antonyms: none provided
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: busy
Antonyms: none provided
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: work out
Antonyms: none provided
To expand/enlarge in detail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, sometimes
Examples
What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate? Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
developed or executed with care and in minute detail- John Buchan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a detailed plan the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion the carefully elaborated theme
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: detailed, elaborated
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
marked by complexity and richness of detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an elaborate lace pattern
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Synonyms: luxuriant
Antonyms: none provided
work out in detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: work out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop, make grow
make more complex, intricate, or richer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
refine a design or pattern
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: complicate, refine, rarify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: involve, develop, sophisticate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clarify, clear up, elucidate
Narrower terms: detail, set forth, expound, exposit, exemplify, illustrate, instance, specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: produce, make, create
1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مُفَصَّل
(mufaṣṣal)
— detailed
Bulgarian :
сложен
(složen)
— detailed
Bulgarian :
подробен
(podroben)
— detailed
Chinese Mandarin :
详尽
(xiángjìn)
— detailed
Chinese Mandarin :
复杂
(fùzá)
— detailed
Danish :
detaljeret
— detailed
Dutch :
gedetailleerd
— detailed
Dutch :
diepgaand
— detailed
Estonian :
üksikasjalik
— detailed
Estonian :
detailne
— detailed
Finnish :
yksityiskohtainen
— detailed
Finnish :
perusteellinen
— detailed
Galician :
detallado
— detailed
German :
ausführlich
— detailed
German :
durchdacht
— detailed
Hindi :
विस्तृत
(vistŕt)
— detailed
Hungarian :
mélyreható
— detailed
Hungarian :
alaposan kidolgozott
— detailed
Icelandic :
ítarlegur
— detailed
Italian :
elaborato
— detailed
Italian :
dettagliato
— detailed
Manx :
yl-chast
— detailed
Polish :
drobiazgowy
— detailed
Portuguese :
detalhado
— detailed
Russian :
доскона́льный
(doskonálʹnyj)
— detailed
Russian :
тща́тельно сде́ланный
(tščátelʹno sdélannyj)
— detailed
Russian :
скрупулёзный
(skrupuljóznyj)
— detailed
Russian :
проду́манный
(prodúmannyj)
— detailed
Russian :
подро́бный
(podróbnyj)
— detailed
Spanish :
elaborado
— detailed
Swedish :
detaljerad
— detailed
Turkish :
ayrıntılı
— detailed
Turkish :
teferruatlı
— detailed
Turkish :
tafsilatlı
— detailed
Turkish :
detaylı
— detailed
Turkish :
mufassal
— detailed
Bulgarian :
изкусен
(izkusen)
— flashy or fancy
Dutch :
intrigerend
— flashy or fancy
Estonian :
rikkalik
— flashy or fancy
Finnish :
huoliteltu
— flashy or fancy
Finnish :
taidokas
— flashy or fancy
Italian :
intricato
— flashy or fancy
Portuguese :
elaborado
— flashy or fancy
Russian :
замыслова́тый
(zamyslovátyj)
— flashy or fancy
Russian :
иску́сный
(iskúsnyj)
— flashy or fancy
Czech :
rozpracovat
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
French :
élaborer
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
German :
ausarbeiten
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Hungarian :
kidolgoz
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Italian :
elaborare
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Russian :
разраба́тывать
(razrabátyvatʹ)
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Russian :
разрабо́тать
(razrabótatʹ)
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Ukrainian :
розробля́ти
(rozrobljáty)
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Ukrainian :
розроби́ти
(rozrobýty)
— to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out
Armenian :
մանրամասնել
(manramasnel)
— to give further detail or explanation
Bulgarian :
изпипвам
(izpipvam)
— to give further detail or explanation
Bulgarian :
доразвивам
(dorazvivam)
— to give further detail or explanation
Catalan :
aprofundir
— to give further detail or explanation
Czech :
rozvést
— to give further detail or explanation
Czech :
rozpracovat
— to give further detail or explanation
Dutch :
uitweiden
— to give further detail or explanation
Estonian :
välja töötama
— to give further detail or explanation
Estonian :
viimistlema
— to give further detail or explanation
Finnish :
täsmentää
— to give further detail or explanation
Finnish :
kehitellä
— to give further detail or explanation
Finnish :
käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin
— to give further detail or explanation
Finnish :
selittää tarkemmin
— to give further detail or explanation
French :
approfondir
— to give further detail or explanation
German :
ausführen
— to give further detail or explanation
Greek :
εμβαθύνω
(emvathýno)
— to give further detail or explanation
Hindi :
विस्तृत
(vistŕt)
— to give further detail or explanation
Hungarian :
kifejt
— to give further detail or explanation
Italian :
approfondire
— to give further detail or explanation
Italian :
dettagliare
— to give further detail or explanation
Kazakh :
дамыту
(damytu)
— to give further detail or explanation
Kazakh :
тәптіштеу
(täptışteu)
— to give further detail or explanation
Persian :
شرح دادن
— to give further detail or explanation
Polish :
rozwinąć
— to give further detail or explanation
Portuguese :
argumentar
— to give further detail or explanation
Russian :
разраба́тывать
(razrabátyvatʹ)
— to give further detail or explanation
Russian :
развива́ть
(razvivátʹ)
— to give further detail or explanation
Russian :
конкретизи́ровать
(konkretizírovatʹ)
— to give further detail or explanation
Russian :
вдава́ться в подро́бности
(vdavátʹsja v podróbnosti)
— to give further detail or explanation
Russian :
уточня́ть
(utočnjátʹ)
— to give further detail or explanation
Spanish :
profundizar
— to give further detail or explanation
Spanish :
ahondar
— to give further detail or explanation
Spanish :
argumentar
— to give further detail or explanation
Swedish :
elaborera
— to give further detail or explanation
Swedish :
utveckla
— to give further detail or explanation
Thai :
ขยาย
(kà-yǎai)
— to give further detail or explanation
Thai :
ขยายความ
— to give further detail or explanation