elaborate


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elaborate
adj. detailed, complicated; carefully planned, worked out in great detail
 
v. provide additional details; plan carefully and with great detail; produce, develop

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elaborate

Verb
1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
(synonym) lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(hypernym) clarify, clear up, elucidate
(hyponym) detail
(derivation) expansion, enlargement, elaboration
2. produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
(hypernym) produce, make, create
(derivation) elaboration, working out
3. make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
(synonym) complicate, refine, rarify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) involve
(derivation) refinement, elaboration
4. work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
(synonym) work out
(hypernym) develop, make grow
(verb-group) work out, work up
(derivation) elaboration, working out

Adjective
1. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
(synonym) luxuriant
(similar) fancy
2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"
(synonym) detailed, elaborated
(similar) careful


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elaborare
v. elaborate, work out, think out, process, lay
 
elaborato
adj. elaborate, laboured, labored

Babylon Spanish-EnglishDownload this dictionary
elaborar
v. elaborate, provide additional details; process; work out, think out; develop

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elaborate
příd.jm. komplikovaný; důkladný
 
v. rozvést; upřesnit