elaborate

  • 21elaborate — 1. adjective 1) an elaborate plan Syn: complicated, complex, intricate, involved; detailed, painstaking, careful; tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, Byzantine Ant: simple, plain 2) …

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  • 22elaborate — 1. adjective 1) an elaborate plan Syn: complicated, complex, intricate, involved, detailed 2) an elaborate plasterwork ceiling Syn: ornate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented …

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  • 23elaborate — e•lab•o•rate adj. [[t]ɪˈlæb ər ɪt[/t]] v. [[t] əˌreɪt[/t]] adj. v. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) worked out in great detail; painstaking: elaborate preparations[/ex] 2) ornate, showy, or gaudy: an elaborate costume[/ex] 3) to work out in minute detail 4) to …

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  • 24elaborate — {{11}}elaborate (adj.) 1590s, produced by labor, from L. elaboratus, pp. of elaborare to exert oneself (see ELABORATION (Cf. elaboration)). Meaning very detailed is from 1620s. {{12}}elaborate (v.) c.1600, to build up from simple elements, from L …

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  • 25elaborate — [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English… …

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  • 26elaborate on — add more detail to something already said. → elaborate …

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  • 27elaborate — adjective ɪ lab(ə)rət involving many carefully arranged parts; detailed and complicated. verb ɪ labəreɪt 1》 develop or present in further detail.     ↘(often elaborate on) add more detail to something already said. 2》 Biology (of a natural… …

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  • 28elaborate — [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus, the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English… …

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  • 29elaborate — 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… …

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  • 30Elaborate Bytes — Logo von Elaborate Bytes Elaborate Bytes AG, kurz auch elby genannt, ist ein Softwareunternehmen mit Sitz in Cham in der Schweiz. Die Elaborate Bytes AG entwickelt das Kopier und Brennprogramm CloneDVD. Elaborate Bytes wurde 1986 von Oliver Kastl …

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