elaborate
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Inflected forms:
form: more elaborate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most elaborate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: elaborates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: elaborating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: elaborated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: elaborated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
pos: adj
examples: After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
gloss: Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
pos: adj
examples: I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
gloss: Тo develop in detail or complexity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
gloss: To expand/enlarge in detail.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
sometimes
examples: 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?
Derived words: elaborately
elaborateness
inelaborate
overelaborate
superelaborate
unelaborate
elaboration
elaborated sap
elaborater
elaborator
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: մանրամասնել
roman: manramasnel
lang: Bulgarian
word: изпипвам
roman: izpipvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: доразвивам
roman: dorazvivam
lang: Catalan
word: aprofundir
lang: Czech
word: rozvést
lang: Czech
word: rozpracovat
lang: Dutch
word: uitweiden
lang: Estonian
word: välja töötama
lang: Estonian
word: viimistlema
lang: Finnish
word: täsmentää
lang: Finnish
word: kehitellä
lang: Finnish
word: käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin
lang: Finnish
word: selittää tarkemmin
lang: French
word: approfondir
lang: German
word: ausführen
lang: Greek
word: εμβαθύνω
roman: emvathýno
lang: Hindi
word: विस्तृत
roman: vistŕt
lang: Hungarian
word: kifejt
lang: Italian
word: approfondire
lang: Italian
word: dettagliare
lang: Kazakh
word: дамыту
roman: damytu
lang: Kazakh
word: тәптіштеу
roman: täptışteu
lang: Persian
word: شرح دادن
lang: Polish
word: rozwinąć
lang: Portuguese
word: argumentar
lang: Russian
word: разраба́тывать
roman: razrabátyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: развива́ть
roman: razvivátʹ
lang: Russian
word: конкретизи́ровать
roman: konkretizírovatʹ
lang: Russian
word: вдава́ться в подро́бности
roman: vdavátʹsja v podróbnosti
lang: Russian
word: уточня́ть
roman: utočnjátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: profundizar
lang: Spanish
word: explayar
lang: Spanish
word: expandir
lang: Spanish
word: ahondar
lang: Spanish
word: argumentar
lang: Swedish
word: elaborera
lang: Swedish
word: utveckla
lang: Thai
word: ขยาย
roman: kà-yǎai
lang: Thai
word: ขยายความ