elaboration

[ ih-lab-uh-rey-shuh n ]
/ ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR elaboration ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

an act or instance of elaborating.
the state of being elaborated; elaborateness.
something that is elaborated.
Psychiatry. an unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail, especially while recalling and describing a representation in a dream so that latent content of the dream is brought into a logical and comprehensible order.

QUIZZES

TAKE ROUND 2 OF OUR PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ!

Here is our second set of teacher-selected PSAT vocabulary words. Do you know the meanings of these terms?
Question 1 of 10
advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly.
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of elaboration

1570–80; < Latin ēlabōrātiōn- (stem of ēlabōrātiō), equivalent to ēlabōrāt- (see elaborate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM elaboration

self-e·lab·o·ra·tion, noun

Words nearby elaboration

el segundo, el toro, el., elaborate, elaborated code, elaboration, elaenia, elaeoptene, elaeothesium, elagabalus, elaine
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to elaboration

amplification, comment, discussion, explanation

Example sentences from the Web for elaboration

Medical definitions for elaboration

elaboration
[ ĭ-lăb′ə-rā′shən ]

n.

The process of working out in detail by labor and study.
The mental process occurring partly during dreaming and partly during the recalling or telling of a dream, by means of which the latent content of the dream is brought into increasingly more coherent and logical order, resulting in the manifest content of the dream.

Other words from elaboration

e•lab′o•rate′ v.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.