in elaborate detail

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• elaborate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involving many carefully arranged parts; detailed and complicated. ► VERB 1) develop or present in detail. 2) (elaborate on) add more detail to (something already said). DERIVATIVES elaborately adverb elaborateness noun …   English terms dictionary

• elaborate — I adjective baroque, beautified, bedecked, complex, complicated, daedal, decorated, deluxe, detailed, developed minutely, done with thoroughness, elaboratus, embellished, executed with exactness, fancy, festooned, flamboyant, flashy, garnished,… …   Law dictionary

• elaborate — [ē lab′ə rit, ilab′ər it; ] for v. [, ē lab′ə rit, i lab′ə rāt΄] adj. [L elaboratus, pp. of elaborare, to work out, labor greatly < e , out + laborare < labor, LABOR] 1. worked out carefully; developed in great detail 2. highly wrought or… …   English World dictionary

• detail — [n1] feature, specific aspect ABCs*, accessory, article, brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstantiality, component, count, cue, design, dope*, element, fact, factor, fine point, fraction, item, meat and potatoes*, minor point, minutia,… …   New thesaurus

• detail — I noun aspect, circumstance, circumstantiality, component, component part, division, element, feature, fractional part, fragment, individual part, ingredient, instance, integral part, integrant, item, minor part, minute part, part, particular,… …   Law dictionary

• elaborate — elaborately, adv. elaborateness, n. elaborative, adj. elaborator, n. adj. /i lab euhr it/; v. /i lab euh rayt /, adj., v., elaborated, elaborating. adj. 1. worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate …   Universalium

• elaborate — elaborates, elaborating, elaborated (The adjective is pronounced [[t]ɪlæ̱bərət[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪlæ̱bəreɪt[/t]].) 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of… …   English dictionary

• elaborate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin elaboratus, from past participle of elaborare to work out, acquire by labor, from e + laborare to work more at laboratory Date: 1592 1. planned or carried out with great care < took elaborate precautions > 2. marked… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• elaborate — e•lab•o•rate adj. [[t]ɪˈlæb ər ɪt[/t]] v. [[t] əˌreɪt[/t]] adj. v. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) worked out in great detail; painstaking: elaborate preparations[/ex] 2) ornate, showy, or gaudy: an elaborate costume[/ex] 3) to work out in minute detail 4) to …   From formal English to slang

• elaborate — e|lab|o|rate1 [ıˈlæbərıt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: elaboratus, past participle of elaborare to work out ] 1.) having a lot of small parts or details put together in a complicated way ▪ pure silks embroidered with elaborate patterns… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• elaborate — adjective /əˈlæbərət / (say uh labuhruht) 1. worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; an elaborate scheme. 2. ornate in a complicated way: elaborate furnishings. –verb (elaborated,… …