elaborate

US /ɪˈlæbəret/

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UK /ɪ'læbəreɪt/

B2TOEIC

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To explain something in detail

I had to elaborate on the report I made

adj.AdjectiveMade or done with great care or in a detailed way

The factory uses an elaborate process to produce this type of pants

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To be made or explained with great care/in detail

The professor wanted to elaborate his discovery to the class

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail.

The architects will elaborate the initial design into a full set of blueprints.

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I don't know if this is some elaborate trick.
I don't know if this is some elaborate trick.

40:05

They resurrected elaborate irrigation systems,
They resurrected elaborate irrigation systems,

10:01

You can also say, let me elaborate further.
You can also say, let me elaborate further.

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The tea ceremony has become flashy, often in elaborate and gaudy surroundings, and has slipped a long way from its spiritual roots.
The tea ceremony has become flashy, often in elaborate and gaudy surroundings, and has slipped a long way from its spiritual roots.
Unfortunately for Rikyū, his boss, the warlord Hideyoshi, comes from a peasant background, and begins to fear that the whole process is maybe an elaborate joke at his expense.
Unfortunately for Rikyū, his boss, the warlord Hideyoshi, comes from a peasant background, and begins to fear that the whole process is maybe an elaborate joke at his expense.

05:06

Okay, but you read the article and have now ruined my life, so I would like some elaborate answers beyond: "don't eat more than six fries."
Okay, but you read the article and have now ruined my life, so I would like some elaborate answers beyond: "don't eat more than six fries."
so I would like some elaborate answers beyond: "don't eat more than six fries."
so I would like some elaborate answers beyond: "don't eat more than six fries."

11:25

We started out as a small studio with a dream to inspire people all around the world, but as we soon found out, creating elaborate videos for free is a really bad business model, and it was not sustainable.
We started out as a small studio with a dream to inspire people all around the world, but as we soon found out, creating elaborate videos for free is a really bad business model, and it was not sustainable.

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elaborate architectural decoration.
elaborate architectural decoration.
with an elaborate entranceway over here.
with an elaborate entranceway over here.

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I had done a little bit more elaborate decoration around
I had done a little bit more elaborate decoration around