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well-elaborated

e·lab·o·rate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt]
    • /adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt]
    • /adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt/

Definitions of well-elaborated word

  • adjective well-elaborated worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care. Synonyms: perfected, painstaking. Antonyms: simple. 1
  • adjective well-elaborated marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated; ornate. 1
  • verb with object well-elaborated to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection. Synonyms: refine, improve. 1
  • verb with object well-elaborated to add details to; expand. 1
  • verb with object well-elaborated to produce or develop by labor. 1
  • verb with object well-elaborated Physiology. to convert (food, plasma, etc.) by means of chemical processes into a substance more suitable for use within the body. 1
See all 7 definitions of well-elaborated

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Origin of well-elaborated

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; < Latin ēlabōrātus (past participle of ēlabōrāre) worked out, equivalent to ē- e-1 + labōr- work + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Well-elaborated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Well-elaborated

well-elaborated popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for well-elaborated

noun well-elaborated

  • intricacy — intricate character or state.
  • fussiness — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
  • grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.

adjective well-elaborated

All 4 Synonyms of well-elaborated

Antonyms for well-elaborated

noun well-elaborated

  • asceticism — Asceticism is a simple, strict way of life with no luxuries or physical pleasures.
  • austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
  • baldness — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
  • dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
  • formalness — being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.

adj well-elaborated

adjective well-elaborated

  • embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
All 12 Antonyms of well-elaborated

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