Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - elaborate
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Elaborate
elaborate
~1 adj 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 details)) - elaborately adv (an elaborately carved wooden statue) - elaborateness n ~2 v to give more details or new information about something (He said he had new evidence, but refused to elaborate any further.) + on (Later chapters simply elaborate on her original theses.) - elaboration n
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(elaborating, elaborated) 1. You use elaborate to describe something that is very complex because it has a lot of different parts. ...an elaborate research project. ...an elaborate ceremony that lasts for eight days. = complicated ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Elaborate plans, systems, and procedures are complicated because they have been planned in very great detail, sometimes too much detail. ...elaborate efforts at the highest level to conceal the problem. ...an elaborate management training scheme for graduates. = complicated ADJ: usu ADJ n • elaborately It was clearly an elaborately planned operation. ADV 3. Elaborate clothing or material is made with a lot of detailed artistic designs. He is known for his elaborate costumes. ADJ: usu ADJ n • elaborately ...elaborately costumed dolls. ADV 4. If you elaborate a plan or theory, you develop it by making it more complicated and more effective. His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment. VERB: V n • elaboration ...the elaboration of specific policies and mechanisms. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 5. If you elaborate on something that has been said, you say more about it, or give more details. A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday... Would you care to elaborate? VERB: V on n, V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ~ precautions 2. marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness ~ prose • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. verb (-rated; -rating) Date: 1611 transitive verb 1. to produce by labor 2. to build up (as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients 3. to work out in detail ; develop ~ a theory intransitive verb 1. to become ~ 2. to expand something in detail would you care to ~ on that statement • elaboration noun • elaborative adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated. --v.tr. 1 a work out or explain in detail. b (absol.) go into details (I need not elaborate). 2 produce by labour. 3 (of a natural agency) produce (a substance etc.) from its elements or sources. Derivatives elaborately adv. elaborateness n. elaboration n. elaborative adj. elaborator n. Etymology: L elaboratus past part. of elaborare (as E-, labor work) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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тщательно разработанный; тщательно разрабатывать ELABORATE 1. прил. 1) тщательно разработанный, продуманный, сложный 2) усовершенствованный • - elaborate on 2. гл. детально разрабатывать, развивать, вырабатывать ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. тщательно, детально разработанный; продуманный; подготовленный elaborate plan —- тщательно продуманный план elaborate study —- детальное изучение elaborate preparations —- тщательная подготовка 2. сложный elaborate design —- сложная конструкция elaborate hair-do —- замысловатая прическа elaborate dinner —- обед из многих блюд 3. усложненный (о конструкции и т. п.) 4. усовершенствованный, "умный" (о механизме) 5. уст. усердный; старательный elaborate collector —- неутомимый собиратель (чего-л.) 6. детально, тщательно разрабатывать или обдумывать; вырабатывать to elaborate a plan —- тщательно разработать план 7. развивать, дополнять (мысль, предложение) to elaborate upon a theme —- развивать тему to elaborate on a theory —- расширять рамки теории 8. уточнять, конкретизировать he called the talks useful, but he did not elaborate —- он назвал переговоры полезными, но далее это высказывание не развил would you care to elaborate on that statement? —- не уточните ли вы это заявление? ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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dinner изысканный обед ELABORATE 1. adj. 1) тщательно разработанный; продуманный; выработанный; искусно сделанный; сложный - elaborate dinner 2) усовершенствованный Syn: see elegant 2. v. 1) тщательно разрабатывать, разрабатывать в деталях (on) Please elaborate on this question, we need to know more. 2) вырабатывать; развивать ...Англо-русский словарь
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