elaborate
🇺🇸
/ɪˈlæbərət/
🇬🇧
/ɪˈlæbərət/
adjective
C1
very detailed and carefully made
The wedding cake was an elaborate design with many decorations.
verb
R
to add more details to explain something
Could you elaborate on your plan so I can understand it better?
R
to make something more detailed and complex
The writer will elaborate the simple story into a full novel.
translation
very detailed and carefully made
to add more details to explain something; to make something more detailed and complex
Word Forms
3rd Present
elaborates
Past
elaborated
Perfect
elaborated
Progressive
elaborating