Synset:dilate elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit flesh out lucubrate
Examples:
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Antonyms:contract
Derivationally Related Form:elaborationexpositionexpositoryenlargementexpoundinglucubrationexpansionexponentexpatiationdilation
Hypernyms:clarify clear up elucidate
Inherited Hypernyms:elaborateclarifyexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:detailexemplifyexpositexpoundillustrateinstanceparticulariseparticularizeset forthspecialisespecializespecify
Full Troponyms:actualizeblock outdelineatedescribedetailexemplifypremiserepresentset forthsketchspecifyspell outsymbolize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: elaborate, enlarge, expatiate)