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ELABORATE

Definition:

1. [verb] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
   Synonyms: lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
   
   
2. [verb] produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
   
   
3. [verb] make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
   Synonyms: complicate, refine, rarify
   
   
4. [verb] work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
   Synonyms: work out
   
   
5. [adjective] marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
   Synonyms: luxuriant
   
   
6. [adjective] developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"
   Synonyms: detailed
   
   

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Related Words:

• detail
• set forth, expound, exposit
• exemplify, illustrate, instance
• specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
• involve
• develop
• sophisticate

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