(elaborating, ~d)
1.
You use ~ to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts.
...an ~ research project.
...an ~ ceremony that lasts for eight days.
= complicated
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail.
...~ efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem.
...an ~ management training scheme for graduates.
= complicated
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
It was clearly an ~ly planned operation.
ADV
3.
Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs.
He is known for his ~ costumes.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
...~ly costumed dolls.
ADV
4.
If you ~ a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective.
His task was to ~ policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
VERB: V n
elaboration
...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
5.
If you ~ on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details.
A spokesman declined to ~ on a statement released late yesterday...
Would you care to ~?
VERB: V on n, V