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Elaborate. Word of the Week. Definition. Elaborate means . . . to add details in writing or speaking to work out carefully to develop to perfection Also elaboration , elaborately , and elaborative. Elaborate. Synonyms : to expand detailed In depth Antonyms : to reduce
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Elaborate Word of the Week
Definition • Elaborate means . . . • to add details in writing or speaking • to work out carefully • to develop to perfection • Also elaboration, elaborately, and elaborative
Elaborate • Synonyms: • to expand • detailed • In depth • Antonyms: • to reduce • simple • plain
Elaborate The cathedral has elaborate architecture.
Elaborate • Michelangelo painted an elaborate scene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Elaborate Writers elaborate with details just like a painter who adds brush strokes. Sentence without elaboration: “We were an awful sight at dinner.” Sentence with elaboration: Our jackets were torn and our stockings were wet and our shoes were sticky; we had green moss and brown bark on our hands and faces when we went in for supper and a scolding.” -- FROM the Collected Stories of Dylan Thomas
Elaborate • Remember that elaborate is . . . • to embellish and to expand • to add details to make better • intricate details seen in things like architecture, art, and writing