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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•lab•o•ra•tion (i lab′ə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of elaborating.
- the state of being elaborated;
elaborateness. - something that is elaborated.
- Psychiatryan unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail, esp. while recalling and describing a representation in a dream so that latent content of the dream is brought into a logical and comprehensible order.
- Latin ēlabōrātiōn- (stem of ēlabōrātiō), equivalent. to ēlabōrāt- (see elaborate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1570–80
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