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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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description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
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