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Synonyms for elaboration
ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən
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Princeton's WordNet
amplification, elaboration(noun)
addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
"a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"
Synonyms:
gain, elaborateness, enlargement, intricacy, amplification, involution, expansion, refinement, working outrefinement, elaboration(noun)
the result of improving something
"he described a refinement of this technique"
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intricacy, purification, enlargement, refinement, shade, elaborateness, polish, involution, finish, culture, amplification, cultivation, nuance, nicety, working out, civilization, refining, civilisation, subtlety, expansionexpansion, enlargement, elaboration(noun)
a discussion that provides additional information
Synonyms:
intricacy, elaborateness, enlargement, magnification, blowup, amplification, involution, expansion, expanding upon, refinement, working outelaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution(noun)
marked by elaborately complex detail
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enfolding, exponentiation, intricacy, enlargement, amplification, working out, ornateness, involution, participation, expansion, involvement, refinement, engagement, elaboratenesselaboration, working out(noun)
developing in intricate and painstaking detail
Synonyms:
elaborateness, enlargement, amplification, involution, expansion, refinement, intricacy, working out
Editors Contribution
fleshing out
fleshing out an idea in more detail is to work through or to elaborate the idea
it was a good idea but needed fleshing out.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
elaboration(n.)
Synonyms:
labor, painstakingelaboration(n.)
Synonyms:
preparation, ripening, maturing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "elaboration":
preparation, development, formulation, drafting, develop, formulating, preparing, design, formulate, prepare
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#223 | development | |
#245 | design | |
#1172 | culture | |
#1482 | develop | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2674 | finish | |
#2802 | participation | |
#3055 | preparation | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#3557 | expansion | |
#4523 | involvement | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5226 | preparing | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#6880 | enlargement | |
#8025 | shade | |
#8770 | civilization | |
#10246 | formulation | |
#11288 | drafting | |
#11996 | purification | |
#15377 | cultivation | |
#16448 | refinement | |
#17245 | refining | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#19092 | amplification | |
#21414 | magnification | |
#26164 | formulating | |
#28666 | elaboration | |
#30332 | civilisation | |
#37939 | nuance | |
#43191 | subtlety | |
#77402 | involution | |
#98715 | exponentiation | |
#105516 | blowup | |
#118782 | intricacy | |
#182397 | nicety | |
#275401 | enfolding |
How to use elaboration in a sentence?
The outcome of cases like this in other circumstances must await further elaboration in the courts, all in the context of recognizing that these disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without undue disrespect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when they seek goods and services in an open market.
Strategy is a system of makeshifts. Is is more than a science. It is bringing knowledge to bear on practical life, the further elaboration of an original guiding idea under constantly changing circumstances. It is the art of acting under the pressure of the most demanding conditions...That is why general principles, rules derived from them, and systems based on these rules cannot possibly have any value for strategy.
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