elaborate
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Adjective 2 meanings
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
“After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.”
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
“I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.”
Verb 2 meanings
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
To expand/enlarge in detail.
“What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?”
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.
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ELABORATE at a glance
ELABORATE has 9 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (E 1 + L 1 + A 1 + B 3 + O 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,362 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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