elaborate
1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus, past participle of ēlabōrō ("to work out"), from ē- ("out, forth, fully") + labor ("work, toil, exertion"). Pronunciation Adjective
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1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus, past participle of ēlabōrō ("to work out"), from ē- ("out, forth, fully") + labor ("work, toil, exertion"). Pronunciation Adjective
elaborate
- 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.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- 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.
- German: ausführlich, durchdacht
- Italian: elaborato, dettagliato
- Portuguese: detalhado
- Russian: доскона́льный
elaborate (elaborates, present participle elaborating; past and past participle elaborated)
- (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- […] 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.
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand in detail
- 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?
- French: approfondir
- German: ausführen
- Italian: approfondire, dettagliare
- Portuguese: argumentar
- Russian: разраба́тывать
- Spanish: profundizar
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