elaborate
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- Adjective: ĭlă'bərət, IPA: /ɪˈlæbərət/, /I"l{b@r@t/
- Verb: ĭlă'bərāt, IPA: /ɪˈlæbəreɪt/, /I"l{b@reIt/
[edit] Adjective
elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
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- Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated
- After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
- intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy
- I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
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[edit] Verb
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to elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
- (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
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to give further detail or explanation
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
elaborate
- Second-person plural present tense of elaborare.
- Second-person plural imperative of elaborare.
- Feminine plural of elaborato.