elaborated
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Developed or executed with great care and attention to minute detail: Describes something that has been worked out, planned, or produced with thoroughness and complexity.
Usage
- The adjective "elaborated" is used to describe a plan, idea, system, or piece of work that is the result of careful, detailed development. It often implies a high degree of refinement and completeness. It is typically used before a noun or after a linking verb like "was" or "seemed."
Examples
- Adjective:
- The team presented an elaborated strategy for the new product launch.
- Her theory was highly elaborated, covering every possible exception.
- The architect's elaborated drawings left no detail to chance.
Advanced Usage
- "Fully elaborated": Emphasizes that the development is complete and no further detail is needed.
- The proposal was fully elaborated and ready for the committee's review.
- "Carefully elaborated": Highlights the meticulous effort put into the detailing process.
- The plot of the novel was carefully elaborated over many drafts.
Variants and Related Words
- Elaborate (verb): To develop or present a theory, policy, or system in detail.
- Could you elaborate on your main point?
- Elaborate (adjective): Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning. (Note: This is the more common adjectival form.)
- They made elaborate preparations for the festival.
- Elaboration (noun): The process of developing or presenting something in detail.
- The document requires further elaboration.
Synonyms
- Detailed: Having many details or facts.
- Intricate: Very complicated or detailed.
- Sophisticated: Developed to a high degree of complexity.
- Thorough: Carried out completely and carefully.
Antonyms
- Simple: Easily understood or done; not complex.
- Basic: Forming an essential foundation; not detailed.
- Rudimentary: Involving only the most basic principles.
- Sketchy: Not thorough or detailed.
Adjective
- developed or executed with care and in minute detail
- a detailed plan
- the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion- John Buchan
- the carefully elaborated theme