elaborate
worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care.
marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate.
to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection.
to add details to; expand.
to produce or develop by labor.
Physiology. to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.
to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually followed by on or upon): to elaborate upon a theme or an idea.
Origin of elaborate
1synonym study For elaborate
Other words for elaborate
1 | perfected, painstaking |
3 | refine, improve |
7 | refine, improve |
Opposites for elaborate
Other words from elaborate
- e·lab·o·rate·ly, adverb
- e·lab·o·rate·ness, noun
- e·lab·o·ra·tive, adjective
- e·lab·o·ra·tor, noun
- non·e·lab·o·rate, adjective
- non·e·lab·o·rate·ly, adverb
- non·e·lab·o·rate·ness, noun
- non·e·lab·o·rat·ing, adjective
- non·e·lab·o·ra·tive, adjective
- qua·si-e·lab·o·rate, adjective
- qua·si-e·lab·o·rate·ly, adverb
- self-e·lab·o·rat·ed, adjective
- su·per·e·lab·o·rate, adjective
- su·per·e·lab·o·rate·ly, adverb
- su·per·e·lab·o·rate·ness, noun
- un·e·lab·o·rate, adjective
- un·e·lab·o·rate·ly, adverb
- un·e·lab·o·rate·ness, noun
- un·e·lab·o·rat·ed, adjective
- well-e·lab·o·rat·ed, adjective
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How to use elaborate in a sentence
When asked about this crunch time in the Q&A, the directors said they had plans to improve production practices in the future but didn’t elaborate, according to one person who was there.
Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 video game from PlayStation store after user complaints | Verne Kopytoff | December 18, 2020 | FortuneSo I think this year, rather than talk about it and come up with all these elaborate plans to do something … I’d like to see action.
The NFL has tried to address its minority hiring problem. Will this year be different? | Adam Kilgore | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostThe company is now attempting to clarify his intentions, it said in an exchange filing without elaborating.
Shares of China’s chief chipmaker plunge after co-CEO departs without warning | Claire Zillman, reporter | December 16, 2020 | FortuneOnly a qualified specialist will help you discover the site’s vulnerabilities and elaborate on the cyber protection strategy for your eCommerce business.
SEO and cybersecurity: Incorporating cybersecurity into your SEO strategy | Connie Benton | December 14, 2020 | Search Engine WatchThe affidavit says Pearson was engaged in a dispute with the shooter, though it does not elaborate.
D.C. police arrest suspect in fatal shooting in Woodley Park | Peter Hermann | December 9, 2020 | Washington Post
Current policies elaborately disguise how much health coverage costs people.
Are Gold-Plated Health Benefits Making American Workers Worse Off? | Megan McArdle | January 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe attacks look elaborately planned and timed for the 9/11 anniversary.
Over many pages, Proust vividly mimics the elaborately circumlocutious mode of speech of the elderly diplomat.
Like the elaborately choreographed escape from default, it was a signal moment of Washington unreality, more farce than tragedy.
Fine specimens are found in Florida and some elaborately carved have been unearthed in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.At the entrance to the hotel the ladies left the men elaborately saluting.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke"Pa" is somewhat proud of his boy, and Charles was of course elaborately gotten up for so great an occasion.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousBoniface I., having been for some time concealed in the Catacomb of Felicitas, afterwards elaborately ornamented it.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThese are very elaborately moulded, the outer sides being ornamented with chevron decoration.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas Perkins
British Dictionary definitions for elaborate
planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed
marked by complexity, ornateness, or detail
(intr; usually foll by on or upon) to add information or detail (to an account); expand (upon)
(tr) to work out in detail; develop
(tr) to make more complicated or ornate
(tr) to produce by careful labour; create
(tr) physiol to change (food or simple substances) into more complex substances for use in the body
Origin of elaborate
1Derived forms of elaborate
- elaborately, adverb
- elaborateness, noun
- elaboration, noun
- elaborative (ɪˈlæbərətɪv), adjective
- elaborator, noun
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