elaborate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
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
Types & categories
- clear up hypernym
- detail hyponym
- exposit hyponym
- instance hyponym
- particularize hyponym
Related & opposite
- abridge antonym
- expanding upon derivation
- elaboration derivation
- lucubration derivation
- exposition derivation
- exposition derivation
- dilation derivation
- expatiation derivation
- elaboration derivation
- exponent derivation
- expository derivation
Sense 2 adjective
marked by complexity and richness of detail
an elaborate lace pattern
Related & opposite
- ornateness derivation
- luxuriance derivation
- fancy similar to
Sense 3 verb
produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
The bee elaborates honey
Types & categories
- produce hypernym
Related & opposite
- working out derivation
Sense 4 adjective
developed or executed with care and in minute detail
a detailed plan
Related & opposite
- elaborateness derivation
- careful similar to
Sense 5 verb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
refine a design or pattern
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- involve hyponym
- develop hyponym
- sophisticate hyponym
Related & opposite
- working out derivation
- complication derivation
- complicatedness derivation
- elaborateness derivation
- elaboration derivation
Sense 6 verb
work out in detail
elaborate a plan
Types & categories
- make grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- working out derivation
- work out verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | abridge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expanding upon |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucubration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exposition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exposition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expatiation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exponent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expository |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clear up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | detail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exposit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | instance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | particularize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ornateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | luxuriance |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | working out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | produce |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaborateness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | careful |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | working out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | complication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicatedness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaborateness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | develop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophisticate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | working out |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | work out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | make grow |