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1
made or done with great care or with much detail
- elaborate festivities for the 200th anniversary of the town's founding
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2
including many small descriptive features
- the elaborate world known as Middle Earth that J.R.R. Tolkien created in his richly imagined novels
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3
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
- plans for a huge mall that will actually be an elaborate center for sports, entertainment, and shopping
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verbSynonyms of elaborate (Entry 2 of 2)
to gradually become clearer or more detailed
- as mankind's understanding of the universe has elaborated
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The first known use of elaborate was in 1592
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