ELABORATE


Meaning of ELABORATE in English

■ adjective ɪ'lab(ə)rət involving many carefully arranged parts; detailed and complicated.

■ verb ɪ'labəreɪt

1》 develop or present in further detail.

↘(often ~ on ) add more detail to something already said.

2》 Biology (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

elaboration noun

elaborative adjective

elaborator noun

Origin

C16 (earlier (ME) as elaboration ): from L. elaborat- , elaborare 'work out'.

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