worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care.
marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate.
verb (used with object),e·lab·o·rat·ed,e·lab·o·rat·ing.
to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection.
to add details to; expand.
to produce or develop by labor.
Physiology. to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.
verb (used without object),e·lab·o·rat·ed,e·lab·o·rat·ing.
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.
Origin of elaborate
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin ēlabōrātus (past participle of ēlabōrāre ) worked out, equivalent to ē- intensive prefix + labōr- “work” + -ātus adjective suffix; see e-1, -ate1
SYNONYMS FOR elaborate
1 perfected, painstaking.
3 refine, improve.
7 refine, improve.
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ANTONYMS FOR elaborate
1 simple.
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synonym study for elaborate
2. Elaborate,labored,studied apply to that which is worked out in great detail. That which is elaborate is characterized by great, sometimes even excessive, minuteness of detail: elaborate preparations for a banquet. That which is labored is marked by excessive, often forced or uninspired, effort: a labored style of writing. That which is studied is accomplished with care and deliberation, and is done purposely, sometimes even having been rehearsed: a studied pose.
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There’s paradoxical thinking, or the elaborated social identity model.
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This is exactly our time as advertisers to elaborate on the challenges that our audience can overcome by using the product.
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It might well mean data encryption, but the EDPC didn’t elaborate.
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A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.
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Hitchcock loved to tell stories, elaborate, complicated rough drafts for movies he would never make.
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His most elaborate camera maneuvers seemed almost diabolical in their complexity.
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The shirts are comfortable and elaborate and the suits feel relaxed yet durable.
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Language was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.
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The elaborate waterworks and strange devices could not be quite unhinged, Wilhelmine reflected idly.
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The elaborate system of individualization in criminal procedure has to do wholly with individual human conduct.
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Even in the case of the death of the most humble member of the community the rites are elaborate and prolonged.
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He gave me elaborate directions as to how best to approach the subject when in the presence.
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Why, the firework-men have applied a more effective device to the back of the house than the elaborate illumination of the front!
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British Dictionary definitions for elaborate
elaborate
adjective (ɪˈlæbərɪt)
planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed
marked by complexity, ornateness, or detail
verb (ɪˈlæbəˌreɪt)
(intr; usually foll by on or upon)to add information or detail (to an account); expand (upon)
(tr)to work out in detail; develop
(tr)to make more complicated or ornate
(tr)to produce by careful labour; create
(tr)physiolto change (food or simple substances) into more complex substances for use in the body