Meaning of "elaborate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELABORATE

From Latin ēlabōrāre to take pains, from labōrāre to toil.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ELABORATE

elaborate  [ɪˈlæbərɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELABORATE

Elaborate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb elaborate in English.

WHAT DOES ELABORATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elaborate in the English dictionary

The first definition of elaborate in the dictionary is planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed. Other definition of elaborate is marked by complexity, ornateness, or detail. Elaborate is also to add information or detail ; expand.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ELABORATE

PRESENT

Present

I elaborate

you elaborate

he/she/it elaborates

we elaborate

you elaborate

they elaborate

Present continuous

I am elaborating

you are elaborating

he/she/it is elaborating

we are elaborating

you are elaborating

they are elaborating

Present perfect

I have elaborated

you have elaborated

he/she/it has elaborated

we have elaborated

you have elaborated

they have elaborated

Present perfect continuous

I have been elaborating

you have been elaborating

he/she/it has been elaborating

we have been elaborating

you have been elaborating

they have been elaborating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I elaborated

you elaborated

he/she/it elaborated

we elaborated

you elaborated

they elaborated

Past continuous

I was elaborating

you were elaborating

he/she/it was elaborating

we were elaborating

you were elaborating

they were elaborating

Past perfect

I had elaborated

you had elaborated

he/she/it had elaborated

we had elaborated

you had elaborated

they had elaborated

Past perfect continuous

I had been elaborating

you had been elaborating

he/she/it had been elaborating

we had been elaborating

you had been elaborating

they had been elaborating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will elaborate

you will elaborate

he/she/it will elaborate

we will elaborate

you will elaborate

they will elaborate

Future continuous

I will be elaborating

you will be elaborating

he/she/it will be elaborating

we will be elaborating

you will be elaborating

they will be elaborating

Future perfect

I will have elaborated

you will have elaborated

he/she/it will have elaborated

we will have elaborated

you will have elaborated

they will have elaborated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been elaborating

you will have been elaborating

he/she/it will have been elaborating

we will have been elaborating

you will have been elaborating

they will have been elaborating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would elaborate

you would elaborate

he/she/it would elaborate

we would elaborate

you would elaborate

they would elaborate

Conditional continuous

I would be elaborating

you would be elaborating

he/she/it would be elaborating

we would be elaborating

you would be elaborating

they would be elaborating

Conditional perfect

I would have elaborate

you would have elaborate

he/she/it would have elaborate

we would have elaborate

you would have elaborate

they would have elaborate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been elaborating

you would have been elaborating

he/she/it would have been elaborating

we would have been elaborating

you would have been elaborating

they would have been elaborating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you elaborate
we let´s elaborate
you elaborate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to elaborate

Past participle

elaborated

Present Participle

elaborating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ELABORATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elaborate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of elaborate

baroque · careful · complex · complicate · complicated · decorate · detailed · develop · embellish · enhance · exact · extravagant · fancy · flesh out · florid · fussy · garnish · improve · intricate · involved · laboured · ornament · ornate · ostentatious · painstaking · polish · precise · refine · showy · skilful · studied · thorough

TRANSLATION OF ELABORATE

Find out the translation of elaborate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of elaborate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elaborate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 复杂的
• Translator English - Spanish: complejo
• English: elaborate
• Translator English - Hindi: विस्तृत
• Translator English - Arabic: وضع
• Translator English - Russian: разработать
• Translator English - Portuguese: elaborado
• Translator English - Bengali: সম্প্রসারিত
• Translator English - French: complexe
• Translator English - Malay: Terperinci
• Translator English - German: kompliziert
• Translator English - Japanese: 複雑な
• Translator English - Korean: 복잡한
• Translator English - Javanese: Elaborate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Xây dựng
• Translator English - Tamil: விரிவாக
• Translator English - Marathi: विस्तृत
• Translator English - Turkish: ayrıntılı
• Translator English - Italian: elaborato
• Translator English - Polish: opracowania
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розробити
• Translator English - Romanian: elabora
• Translator English - Greek: επεξεργαστεί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: uitbrei
• Translator English - Swedish: utarbeta
• Translator English - Norwegian: utdype

10 QUOTES WITH «ELABORATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elaborate.

1

Kyle Abraham

I started dancing in my room... I wanted to find out more about my movements. I wanted to elaborate on whatever it was that I was doing there.

2

Sergio Aragones

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

3

John Battelle

An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.

4

Adrian Belew

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

5

Sean Booth

We're quite into graphics that are simultaneously two- and three-dimensional. But I can't really elaborate any further because it's not something - we haven't really perfected it.

6

Geraldine Brooks

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old.

7

Orson Scott Card

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

8

John Cena

I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

9

Raymond Chandler

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

10

Nicholas A. Christakis

Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELABORATE»

Discover the use of elaborate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elaborate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Elaborate Selves: Reflections and Reveries of Christopher ...

Reflections and Reveries of Christopher Bollas, Michael Eigen, Polly Young- Eisendrath, Samuel and Ev E Mark Stern. Elaborate Selves: Reflections and Reveries of Christopher Bollas, Michael Eigen, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Samuel and ...

E Mark Stern, 2013

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

Kristoffer Diaz's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is a serious-minded comedy about wrestling, geopolitics, and raisin bread."--P. [4] of cover.

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History of Classical Sanskrit Literature: Being an Elaborate ...

The present work is an analytical account of classical Sanskrit literature in its historical perspective.

M. Srinivasachariar, 1974

Lohasarvasvam of Sureśvara: With English Translation ...

Sanskrit treatise with English translation on therpeutic use of metals in Ayurvedic medicine.

Sureśvara, Pammi Satyanarayana Sastry, 2005

The Elaborate Game: America As Viewed by an ...

Magic and miracles!

Robert Lawson, 2013

Human Development Index - An Elaborate Means of Evaluating a ...

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Economics - Statistics and Methods, grade: 1.00, University of Hamburg, course: Programm: MIBA, 33 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: Why was an index like the Human ...

Robert Nagel, 2007

Delicious Maine Desserts: 108 Recipes, from Easy to Elaborate

In Cynthia Finnemore Simonds previous books, she established a reputation for creating original recipes using local ingredients.

Cynthia Finnemore Simonds, 2009

Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete And Elaborate History of ...

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John Temple Graves, 2008

Great Conspiracies and Elaborate Cover-ups

Examines some of the widespread popular theories about a variety of conspiracies and discusses the people who promote these theories and the people who believe in them.

Daniel Cohen, 1997

Institutions in Modern Society: Meanings, Forms, and Character

The elaborate-code child, from the individually oriented family, has successfully transformed the experience of seeing the pictures into a linguistic form ( sentences relating to the experience). Although people who use elaborate codes typically ...

Jeffrey E. Nash, James M. Calonico, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELABORATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elaborate is used in the context of the following news items.

Coleraine social security worker ran elaborate benefits scam

A social security office worker who concocted an "elaborate" scam by arranging for benefits to be paid to people she knew, who would then ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

Deputies: Woman charged, created elaborate sound system to …

After knocking down the front door, deputies discovered "an elaborate sound system created in the suspect's home and placed only to harass ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»

Another elaborate dinosaur find in Alberta

Scientists say another species of dinosaur with a bizarre and elaborate array of horns on its face has been discovered in southern Alberta. «660 News, Jul 15»

Judge is unsure that Christian terrorist who made elaborate plans to …

Earlier this year Robert Doggart, a Christian minster, told an FBI informant of his plans to attack a Pennsylvania community of black Muslims. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

Elaborate arrangements for Sant Tukaram Maharaj palkhi procession

Elaborate arrangements have been made for the palkhi procession by the Dehu grampanchayat, state government, and the Pimpri Chinchwad ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

Bal Harbour celebrates Fourth of July with elaborate sand sculptures

Eva Cohen and her three children were celebrating the Fourth of July at the beach in Bal Harbour when they came upon a surprise: a ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»

Rural dwellers employ elaborate setups for internet

Rural residents are spending thousands of dollars on aerials and repeaters while paying large amounts of money for internet plans with small ... «iT News, Jul 15»

Dave Grohl Performs With Broken Leg On A Very Elaborate …

Last month, Dave Grohl broke his leg during a concert in Sweden after he fell off stage! As a result, the Foo Fighters were forced to cancel all of ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»

Details on Elaborate Fort Madison Prison Escape Released

FORT MADISON, Iowa – A number of details have been released regarding a Fort Madison Prison escape on Sunday. Prison officials say ... «whotv.com, Jul 15»

Australian Design Student's Elaborate 3D Printed Table Doubles as …

3D printing is a serious gift for the technologically savvy artist. Allowing not only a new tool into the creative arsenal, this substantial technology ... «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»