elaborate
adjective
worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness.
elaborated
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past participleof elaborate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof elaborate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
elaborateadjectiveworked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness.
Example Sentences
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Davis also elaborated on the shooting to the media, detailing information to reporters in interviews.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
He has elaborated on the philosophy in a handful of recent public appearances, and he is writing a book—due out in October—to defend it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Netanyahu elaborated on Israel's security concerns in his post.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Newtonianism was thus only conceivable within a culture which had elaborated and become dependent upon the argument from design.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
