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elaborate
English
Etymology
1575, from Late Latin ?lab?r?tus (“worked out”), past participle of ?lab?r? (“to work out”), from ?- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Pronunciation
- Adjective: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb???t/
- Verb: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb??e?t/
Adjective
elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
- Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Translations
Verb
elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
- (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail
- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Translations
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elabo?rate/
Verb
elaborate
- adverbial present passive participle of elaborar
Italian
Adjective
elaborate
- feminine plural of elaborato
Verb
elaborate
- second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
- second-person plural imperative of elaborare
- feminine plural of the past participle of elaborare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e?.la.bo??ra?.te/, [e???äbo???ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.la.bo?ra.te/, [?l?b?????t??]
Verb
?lab?r?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?lab?r?
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decorated
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?k??e?t?d/
- Hyphenation: dec?or?ated
Verb
decorated
- simple past tense and past participle of decorate
Adjective
decorated (comparative more decorated, superlative most decorated)
- Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.
Translations
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- what's decorated soldier
- what does decorative mean
- what does decorated veteran mean
- what is decorated tinware called
- what is decorated officer
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