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• 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 — v. (D; intr.) to elaborate on * * * [ɪ læb(ə)rət] á å. to elaborate a plan (D; intr.) to elaborate on …   Combinatory dictionary

• Plan W — (sometimes referred to as the W Plan Fact|date=March 2007), during the Second World War, was a plan of joint military operations between Ireland and the United Kingdom devised between 1940–1942, to be executed in the event of a an invasion of… …   Wikipedia

• plan — I n. 1) to concoct, devise a plan 2) to draw up, formulate, map out a plan 3) to make plans 4) to outline; unveil a plan 5) to accept; carry out, execute, implement a plan; to put a plan into operation 6) to present, propose a plan 7) to foil,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• plan — planless, adj. planlessly, adv. planlessness, n. /plan/, n., v., planned, planning. n. 1. a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. 2. a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan… …   Universalium

• elaborate — 01. A Japanese wedding can be a fairly [elaborate] ceremony involving a number of different costume changes. 02. We made a really [elaborate] five course dinner for my grandfather s 100th birthday. 03. The student gave his teacher an [elaborate]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• elaborate — I UK [ɪˈlæb(ə)rət] / US adjective ** very detailed and complicated The government s new healthcare plan is the most elaborate yet. a) used about something that is more complicated than is practical or necessary I took no notice of John s… …   English dictionary

• elaborate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ further ▪ This point will be elaborated further in the next chapter. ▪ at length ▪ briefly ▪ Let me briefly elaborate on this …   Collocations dictionary

• elaborate — e|lab|o|rate1 [ ı læb(ə)rət ] adjective ** very detailed and complicated: The government s new healthcare plan is the most elaborate yet. a. used about something that is more complicated than is practical or necessary: I took little notice of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• elaborate — 1 adjective containing a lot of small details or parts that are connected with each other in a complicated way: an elaborate mosaic consisting of thousands of tiny pieces | elaborate plan/notes/excuses etc (=carefully produced and full of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• plan — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for future ADJECTIVE ▪ ambitious, audacious, grand, grandiose ▪ The government has ambitious plans for prison reform. ▪ future ▪ …   Collocations dictionary