- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
- detailed: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
- complicate: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
- work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
- (elaborately) with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out"
- (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about); Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated; intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy
- 1.(adj.) Requiring extremely careful attention to a number of details. 2. (adj.) intricate or complicated as the product of careful effort. 3. (verb) to explain or state something in greater detail. From the Latin laborare, to work.
- To give in more detail, provide more information on.
- Explain in detail. E.g. "Elaborate on the reasons for the U.S. not agreeing to a permanent U.N. International Tribunal on War Crimes." So, you would list and then explain.
- Explain or describe something in a more detailed way.
- (adj.): expressed in great detail
- lengthy and exaggerated (page 196)
- In this step of the model, the student is now able to easily learn more, related facts or words or situations. This is a vital part of vocabulary learning as you elaborate from a simple definition to related words and meanings. ...