elaborate: Meaning and Definition of

e•lab•o•rate

Pronunciation: (adj.i-lab'ur-itv.i-lab'u-rāt&sec), [key]

— adj., v., -rat•ed, -rat•ing.

—adj.

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.

—v.t.

to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection.
to add details to; expand.
to produce or develop by labor.
to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.

—v.i.

to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually fol. by on or upon): to elaborate upon a theme or an idea.

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