elaborate

[ ɪ'læbəret]

Definition:
1. Very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized.
2. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
3. Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.
4. Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
5. Marked by complexity and richness of detail.
6. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.

Use 'elaborate' in a sentence:

1. Development of high drop river closure work in China and abroad is elaborated in this paper.
2. What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.
3. The elaborate facade contrasts strongly with the severity of the interior.
4. According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.
5. The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.
6. The elaborate chandelier over this table proclaims it as the hub of the household.
7. They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters.
8. They elaborate tour guides' responsibilities.
9. She went on to elaborate her argument.
10. The headmaster elaborated upon the idea for a new school uniform.
11. At the beginning, the pupils put solutions to the homework on the board, then the teachers comment, correct or elaborate as necessary.
12. The train was an elaborate affair of sixteen coaches.
13. You may elaborate upon your involvement in your favorite sport team.
14. Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent the foraging team using odour clues.
15. Though we have elaborate plans, our determination would still melt away without actions.
16. She had prepared a very elaborate meal.
17. He doesn't have to go through this elaborate display for my benefit!
18. He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.
19. Also the wealthiest women wore very elaborate makeup.
20. Would you care to elaborate?
21. His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy compatible with a clean environment.
22. There was even an elaborate canal system and a lot of very intricate jewelry.
23. I didn't understand until he elaborated on the question.
24. His new play, Arcadia, is as intricate, elaborate and allusive as anything he has yet written.
25. I wouldn't be surprised if as the rules have become more elaborate, prices have risen.
26. Elaborate efforts were made to reconstruct what had happened.
27. No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con tricks.
28. They're offended by the elaborate security measures the police have put in place.
29. We will elaborate on this in the next section.
30. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighbourhood.
31. A rather elaborate analysis was required to determine the cross-over values.
32. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
33. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.
34. A paint finish can transform something everyday and mundane into something more elaborate.
35. All this has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments.
36. Scaffoldings were about, everywhere, and swarms of workmen; for the church was undergoing elaborate repairs.
37. Even the most elaborate dishes on the menu were quite low on calories.
38. She concocted some elaborate story to explain her absence.
39. The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise and pink coral.
40. He took an elaborate escape route from South Africa to Britain.
41. Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
42. He is known for his elaborate costumes.
43. Five studios, "The Big Five", worked to achieve vertical integration through the late 1940s, owning vast real estate on which to construct elaborate sets.
44. A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday.
45. It is an elaborate ceremony, shrouded in mystery.
46. In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.