e·lab·o·rate
adjective
involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.
"elaborate security precautions"
synonyms: complicated, detailed, intricate, complex, involved, tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, tangled, knotty, confusing, bewildering, baffling, painstaking, careful, inextricable, entangled, impenetrable, Byzantine, Daedalian, Gordian, involute, involuted, ornate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, overelaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, extravagant, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread, flash, flashy
verb
- develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail."the key idea of the book is expressed in the title and elaborated in the text"
- (of a natural agency) produce (a substance) from its elements or simpler constituents."many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue"
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The meaning of ELABORATE is planned or carried out with great care. How to use elaborate in a sentence.
to add more information or explain something that you have said: He refused to elaborate on why he had resigned.
adjective. worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care.
elaborate in British English · 1. planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed · 2. marked by complexity, ornateness, or detail. verb (ɪˈlæbəˌreɪt · 3.
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add details to clarify an idea · adjective. marked by complexity and richness of detail. “an elaborate lace pattern”. synonyms: luxuriant, ornate · fancy.
made or done with great care or with much detail : having many parts that are carefully arranged or planned. They made elaborate preparations for his visit.
very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized. elaborate designs; She had prepared a very elaborate meal. an elaborate computer system.
to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually followed by on or upon): to elaborate upon a theme or an idea.