verb
- Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
- usage: "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.
- usage: "The bee elaborates honey"
- synonyms: elaborate
- Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
- usage: "refine a design or pattern"
- synonyms: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
- Work out in detail.
- usage: "elaborate a plan"
adjective
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