elaborate
adjective
worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness.
elaborates
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present tense formof elaborate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Later, he elaborates more fully on the genius of her portrayal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Whereas brat was about being loud and messy, demure is about being classy, considerate and, as Lebron elaborates, authentic.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2024
Dr Neil Scott, medical adviser to the British Boxing Board of Control and consultant head and neck surgeon elaborates.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
