"elaborate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈlæbəɹət/ Audio: En-us-elaborate.ogg Forms: more elaborate [comparative], most elaborate [superlative]
Etymology: 1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|ēlabōrātus|t=worked out}} Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
  1. Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. Translations (detailed): مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal) (Arabic), сложен (složen) (Bulgarian), подробен (podroben) (Bulgarian), 详尽的 (Chinese), 复杂的 (Chinese), detaljeret (Danish), gedetailleerd (Dutch), diepgaand (Dutch), üksikasjalik (Estonian), detailne (Estonian), yksityiskohtainen (Finnish), perusteellinen (Finnish), detallado (Galician), ausführlich (German), durchdacht (German), mélyreható (Hungarian), alaposan kidolgozott (Hungarian), ítarlegur (Icelandic), elaborato (Italian), dettagliato (Italian), yl-chast (Manx), drobiazgowy (Polish), detalhado (Portuguese), доскона́льный (doskonálʹnyj) (Russian), тща́тельно сде́ланный (tščátelʹno sdélannyj) (Russian), скрупулёзный (skrupuljóznyj) (Russian), проду́манный (prodúmannyj) (Russian), подро́бный (podróbnyj) (Russian), detaljerad (Swedish), ayrıntılı (Turkish), teferruatlı (Turkish), tafsilatlı (Turkish), detaylı (Turkish), mufassal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-elaborate-en-adj-pjGbew9W Disambiguation of 'detailed': 83 17
  2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy. Translations (flashy or fancy): изкусен (izkusen) (Bulgarian), intrigerend (Dutch), rikkalik (Estonian), huoliteltu (Finnish), taidokas (Finnish), intricato (Italian), elaborado (Portuguese), замыслова́тый (zamyslovátyj) (Russian), иску́сный (iskúsnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-elaborate-en-adj--BdzauWb Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 15 42 34 Disambiguation of 'flashy or fancy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elaborately, elaborateness, inelaborate, overelaborate, superelaborate, unelaborate, elaboration

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈlæbəɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elaborate (verb).wav Forms: elaborates [present, singular, third-person], elaborating [participle, present], elaborated [participle, past], elaborated [past]
Etymology: 1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|ēlabōrātus|t=worked out}} Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
  1. (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity. Tags: transitive Synonyms: work out Translations (to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out): rozpracovat [perfective] (Czech), élaborer (French), ausarbeiten (German), kidolgoz (Hungarian), elaborare (Italian), разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), розробля́ти (rozrobljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розроби́ти (rozrobýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-elaborate-en-verb-QMFZQait Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 54 26 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 9 14 62 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 19 47 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 16 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 17 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 16 55 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 15 53 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 13 63 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 19 49 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 19 50 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 20 49 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 15 42 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 13 42 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 15 58 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 29 37 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 23 41 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 15 56 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 15 58 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 18 53 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 18 49 13 Disambiguation of 'to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out': 66 34
  2. (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail. Tags: intransitive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-elaborate-en-verb-4aZdnPLJ Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 15 42 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elaboration, elaborated sap, elaborater, elaborator Translations (to give further detail or explanation): մանրամասնել (manramasnel) (Armenian), изпипвам (izpipvam) (Bulgarian), доразвивам (dorazvivam) (Bulgarian), aprofundir (Catalan), rozvést (Czech), rozpracovat (Czech), uitweiden (Dutch), välja töötama (Estonian), viimistlema (Estonian), täsmentää (Finnish), kehitellä (Finnish), käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin (Finnish), selittää tarkemmin (Finnish), approfondir (French), ausführen (German), εμβαθύνω (emvathýno) (Greek), kifejt (Hungarian), approfondire (Italian), dettagliare (Italian), شرح دادن (Persian), rozwinąć (Polish), argumentar (Portuguese), разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), развива́ть (razvivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), конкретизи́ровать (konkretizírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вдава́ться в подро́бности (vdavátʹsja v podróbnosti) [imperfective] (Russian), уточня́ть (utočnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), profundizar (Spanish), explayar [masculine] (Spanish), expandir (Spanish), ahondar (Spanish), elaborera (Swedish), utveckla (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to give further detail or explanation': 47 53

Inflected forms

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "detailed",
      "word": "ayrıntılı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "detailed",
      "word": "teferruatlı"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "huoliteltu"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "taidokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "intricato"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "elaborado"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamyslovátyj",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "замыслова́тый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskúsnyj",
      "sense": "flashy or fancy",
      "word": "иску́сный"
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}

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          "text": "[…] 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.",
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          "ref": "2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:",
          "text": "The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpracovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "word": "élaborer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "word": "ausarbeiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "word": "kidolgoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "word": "elaborare"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrabátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разраба́тывать"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "razrabótatʹ",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "разрабо́тать"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozrobljáty",
      "sense": "to develop in detail or complexity — see also work out",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "розробля́ти"
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      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "մանրամասնել"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpipvam",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "изпипвам"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "dorazvivam",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "uitweiden"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "välja töötama"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "viimistlema"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "täsmentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "kehitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "selittää tarkemmin"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "approfondir"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "ausführen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "emvathýno",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "εμβαθύνω"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "kifejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "approfondire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "dettagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "شرح دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "rozwinąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "argumentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrabátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разраба́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvivátʹ",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развива́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konkretizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "конкретизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vdavátʹsja v podróbnosti",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вдава́ться в подро́бности"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utočnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уточня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "profundizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "explayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "expandir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "ahondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "elaborera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give further detail or explanation",
      "word": "utveckla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elaborate"
}

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