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ELABORATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Developing in intricate and painstaking detail
Synonyms:
elaboration; working out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("elaboration" is a kind of...):
development (act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining)
Derivation:
elaborate (work out in detail)
elaborate (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
elaborate (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
Example:
an elaboration of the sketch followed
Synonyms:
amplification; elaboration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("elaboration" is a kind of...):
expanding upon; expansion (adding information or detail)
Derivation:
elaborate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Marked by elaborately complex detail
Synonyms:
elaborateness; elaboration; intricacy; involution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("elaboration" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Derivation:
elaborate (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A discussion that provides additional information
Synonyms:
elaboration; enlargement; expansion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("elaboration" is a kind of...):
discourse; discussion; treatment (an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elaboration"):
expatiation (a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail)
embellishment; embroidery (elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail)
Derivation:
elaborate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The result of improving something
Example:
he described a refinement of this technique
Synonyms:
elaboration; refinement
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("elaboration" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Derivation:
elaborate (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
