Definitions for elaborate

elaborate e·lab·o·rate

Spelling: [adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-
IPA: /adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt/

Elaborate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 375 anagrams from letters in elaborate (aabeelort).

Definitions for elaborate

adjective

  1. worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple.
  2. marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate.

verb (used with object)

  1. to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection. Synonyms: refine, improve.
  2. to add details to; expand.
  3. to produce or develop by labor.
  4. Physiology. to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body.

verb (used without object)

  1. to add details in writing, speaking, etc.; give additional or fuller treatment (usually followed by on or upon): Synonyms: refine, improve.

Origin of elaborate

1575-85; Latin ēlabōrātus (past participle of ēlabōrāre) worked out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + labōr- work + -ātus Examples for elaborate

Sidney examined with some dismay the elaborate negligee garments in her hand.

The preparations for our reception at Adelaide were most elaborate.

He read with pencil in hand, and he had an elaborate system of marking a book.

Language was no barrier; just about every tongue on the planet was babbling away, caught up in the elaborate mystique of a cult.

A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.

And suddenly it dawned upon him that all this was an elaborate joke.

The shirts are comfortable and elaborate and the suits feel relaxed yet durable.

His most elaborate camera maneuvers seemed almost diabolical in their complexity.

"Don't let me detain you," said Halbert, with an elaborate share of politeness.

Hitchcock loved to tell stories, elaborate, complicated rough drafts for movies he would never make.

Word Value for elaborate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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