Elaborate | Meaning of elaborate

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elaborate (adjective)
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.

elaborate (adjective)
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.

elaborate (verb)
To develop in detail or complexity.

elaborate (verb)
(sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand in detail.
What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

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January 24, 2019

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