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elaboration
Found in thesaurus: expanding upon, expansion, betterment, improvement, advance, treatment, discussion, discourse, complexness, complexity, development
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elaboration
n.
painstaking labor, careful planning; adding of extra details, act of improving; production
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Elaboration
Elaboration is the process of adding more information to existing, relatively simple information to create a more complex, emergent whole. It involves developing an idea by incorporating details to amplify the original simple idea. It is the process of enhancing ideas and objects by providing nuance and more detail. Elaboration may involve planning or executing a task with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.
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elaboration
Noun
1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed"
(synonym) amplification
(hypernym) expansion, expanding upon
(derivation) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
2. the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"
(synonym) refinement
(hypernym) improvement, betterment, advance
(derivation) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
3. a discussion that provides additional information
(synonym) expansion, enlargement
(hypernym) discussion, treatment, discourse
(hyponym) expatiation
(derivation) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
4. marked by elaborately complex detail
(synonym) elaborateness, intricacy, involution
(hypernym) complexity, complexness
(derivation) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
5. developing in intricate and painstaking detail
(synonym) working out
(hypernym) development
(derivation) elaborate
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Elaboration (die)
nf.
elaboration, painstaking labor, careful planning; adding of extra details, act of improving
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élaboration
nf.
elaboration, careful planning; working-out
