elaborate
adjective
worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness.
had elaborated
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past perfectof elaborate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If the film had elaborated on one reason in particular for the purposes of the plot, what would it have been?
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
And I wish he had elaborated on what lessons his historical analyses offer today’s researchers.
From Nature ● Apr. 5, 2020
She had elaborated in greater depth when I emailed her in April for a story I was considering about the future of the position.
From Slate ● May 31, 2017
In 1966 a commentator observed that, the Supreme Court had elaborated at least five separate and contradictory tests.
From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2014
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
