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After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.
Harry Seidler

Meaning of "elaboration" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ELABORATION

elaboration  [ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELABORATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elaboration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELABORATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elaboration

Elaboration is the process of adding more information to existing, relatively simple information to create a more complex, emergent whole. It involves developing an idea by incorporating details to amplify the original simple idea. It is the process of enhancing ideas and objects by providing nuance and more detail. Elaboration may involve planning or executing a task with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.

Definition of elaboration in the English dictionary

The definition of elaboration in the dictionary is the act of developing something in detail. Other definition of elaboration is the act of expanding an account and giving more information.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELABORATION


acceleration
ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən
collaboration
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən
configuration
kənˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən
consideration
kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən
cooperation
kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
declaration
ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
deliberation
dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən
duration
djʊˈreɪʃən
expiration
ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən
exploration
ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən
federation
ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən
generation
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
incorporation
ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
inspiration
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən
operation
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
restoration
ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən
separation
ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELABORATION

elaborate
elaborated code
elaborately
elaborateness
elaborative
elaborator
elaboratory
elaeolite
elaeoptene
Elagabalus
elaiosome
Elam
Elamite
Elamitic
elance
eland
elanet
elaphine
elapid
elapine

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELABORATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
formation
foundation
hesitation

Synonyms and antonyms of elaboration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elaboration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELABORATION

Find out the translation of elaboration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elaboration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elaboration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阐述
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elaboración
570 millions of speakers

English

elaboration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्तार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разработка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elaboração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিবরণাদি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élaboration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjelasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausarbeitung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

労作
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elaborasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xây dựng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரிவுபடுத்தலுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्तार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elaborazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opracowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розробка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elaborarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκπόνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitbreiding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utarbetande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utdypning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elaboration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELABORATION»

The term «elaboration» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.013 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELABORATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elaboration» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elaboration» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elaboration

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3 QUOTES WITH «ELABORATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elaboration.
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Albert Finney
He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes.
2
Trofim Lysenko
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.
3
Harry Seidler
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELABORATION»

Discover the use of elaboration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elaboration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nozick's Libertarian Project: An Elaboration and Defense
The book also rebuts many of the most common criticisms to have been levelled at this worldview, including those from left libertarians and from egalitarians such as as G.A. Cohen.
Mark D. Friedman, 2011
2
Report of the FAO Regional Workshop in the Elaboration of ...
This publication contains the report and some of the papers presented at the regional workshop, held in Accra, Ghana in November 2005, organised to assist countries in the West African region to develop capacity to elaborate National Plans ...
‎2006
3
The Unified Process Elaboration Phase: Best Practices in ...
The books of this four-volume series address the four phases of the UP process. This volume concentrates on the elaboration phase.
Scott W. Ambler, 2000
4
Elaboration Case Study: Burger King
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 2,0, Westfalische Hoschule Gelsenkirchen, Bocholt, Recklingshausen, course: International ...
Alesia Denker, 2013
5
Catastrophe Theoretic Semantics: An Elaboration and ...
René Thom, the famous French mathematician and founder of catastrophe theory, considered linguistics an exemplary field for the application of his general morphology.
Wolfgang Wildgen, 1982
6
Teaching Elaboration and Word Choice
4 CHAPTER 1 Elaboration and Word-Choice Lessons How to Create Language Lessons That Build Elaboration and Word-Choice Skills ........ 6 A Sample Lesson: Action Verbs ............ 7 Starters for More Lessons ................ 9 Adjectives and ...
Leann Nickelsen, 2001
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Report of the FAO Regional Workshop on the Elaboration of ...
This publication contains the report with selected papers, of the FAO regional workshop, held in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2004, to discuss assistance for Caribbean countries to help develop capacity to implement national plans of ...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
8
Big Events, Small Clauses: The Grammar of Elaboration
The present book takes up that challenge.
Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Dag Haug, 2012
9
Report of the FAO Regional Workshop on the Elaboration of ...
This workshop was organised to assist countries in the southern and eastern Africa region to develop capacity in order to elaborate national plans of action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (NPOAs ...
‎2004
10
Mind Ascribed: An Elaboration and Defence of Interpretivism
This book provides a thoroughly worked out and systematic presentation of an interpretivist position in the philosophy of mind, of the view that having mental properties is a matter of interpretation.
Bruno Mölder, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELABORATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elaboration is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This Is Why the NYSE Shut Down Today
It has said that it was the result of technical issues and did not offer any further elaboration. But Eric Scott Hunsader, an expert in Wall Street ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
The Daily 202: Does Brad Pitt have a better chance of appearing in …
The root cause was determined to be a configuration issue, the NYSE said in prepared statement, without further elaboration…NYSE said the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Hallmark to leave Connecticut
“Those unable to make the move will be offered severance benefits,” Hall said, without elaboration. He also said the decision to close the ... «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»
4
Facebook redesigns friends icon
The engineers at Facebook have made the change without much elaboration. Currently, the change is still phasing into the profiles of ... «India Today, Jul 15»
5
Blinking in the face of raw capitalism
In their filings, most companies cited “significant issues” as the reason for their requested suspensions, without further elaboration. «FinanceAsia, Jul 15»
6
State budget doesn't appear to help CCI staffing shortage
There is no elaboration on this point or cost-savings analysis that accompanies other recommendations. In an email, Joy Staab, director of ... «Portage Daily Register, Jul 15»
7
Why Modi will be the odd one out at the BRICS summit
It doesn't need elaboration that Russia's relations with the US are today at their lowest point in the post-Cold War era. Moscow believes that the ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
8
Iftar for 1.7m refugees ...and a teen concerned about food wastage
... Group who told Khaleej Times in an interview, “I find the culture of catering and the elaboration of buffets here excessive. It bothers me a lot. «Khaleej Times, Jul 15»
9
CBN: Why we banned importers of fish, electronics from Forex
Tule made the elaboration at a forum on Wednesday organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on the issue in Lagos ... «The News, Jul 15»
10
Foreign Language Teaching: the French Vs the Moroccan Education …
And the CERCL is the basis shared by the European Union state members in the conceiving or the elaboration of programs. It is the fruit of ... «Morocco World News, Jul 15»

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