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Elaboration meaning

  1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
  2. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
  3. Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.

Synonyms of Elaboration

expansion involution intricacy elaborateness discourse treatment discussion enlargement advance betterment improvement refinement expanding upon amplification complexity

Related words

Other words often associated with Elaboration or its synonyms:

increase step-up communicating communication contraction shift gain transmutation speech transformation refining handling

Using Elaboration

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. | The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order | Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
  • Useful related words include: expansion, involution, intricacy, elaborateness.
  • In the example corpus, elaboration often appears in combinations such as: elaboration of, the elaboration, an elaboration.

Context around Elaboration

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

further 4× detailed 1× contrapuntal 1×

Often after:

alongside 1× though 1× fans 1× let 1×

Sentence patterns with Elaboration

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

without further elaboration 3× albeit without elaboration let alone 1× and contrapuntal elaboration 1× highlighted the elaboration of the 1× minister without elaboration said that 1× need much elaboration other than 1× no elaboration though on 1× no further elaboration of qualification 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

arthur brand a 1× as joost broeren 1× at the peak 1× but this article 1× her campaign did 1× in lithics it 1×

Common sentence endings:

without further elaboration 3× a few others 1× a symbolic meaning 1× and contrapuntal elaboration 1× and strained friendships 1× continuing the negotiations 1×

Words around Elaboration

Just before it in the word index:

elaborating 126 elaborates 47 elaborately 64 elaborated 301 elaborate 1.271 elabe 5

Just after it in the word index:

elaborations 10 elac 3 elachi 12 elad 22 eladio 6 elagabalus 22

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdi 82 absa 82 absconding 82 agar 82 aliyah 82 amerindian 82

Corpus analysis for Elaboration

  • In this selection, "elaboration" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, further, detailed, contrapuntal, alongside, though and fans stand out and add context to how "elaboration" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include without further elaboration and albeit without elaboration let alone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "elaboration" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with elaboration

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There is no over-elaboration. (5 words)

No elaboration, though, on the inspiration for these phrases. (9 words)

Until NetEase offers some elaboration, fans will just have to speculate! (11 words)

Longer example sentences

There is no doubt, he concludes: the difference is none other than the hand of the worker, the elaboration he has made of the elements that the capitalist put at his disposal, turning them into a new and useful commodity for human life. (43 words)

It has been reported a handful times, albeit without elaboration let alone celebration, by Kennedy biographers Ronald Steel and Evan Thomas, by Sean Wilentz in the New York Times Review of Books, and by a few others. (37 words)

In lithics, it highlighted the elaboration of the Nicoyan ceremonial metate, sculpted in stone and characterized by the presence of effigies sculpted from the heads of jaguars and macaws, which makes it unique in Mesoamerica. (35 words)

Exclamation examples

Until NetEase offers some elaboration, fans will just have to speculate! (11 words)

Example sentences (20)

As Joost Broeren-Huitenga showed earlier, the layers are also present in the very detailed elaboration of the metaphor that is the film, where everything has a symbolic meaning.

Her campaign did not respond to a request for elaboration on her northern border policy.

The opera’s disparate styles are bound together through motivic repetition and contrapuntal elaboration.

The prime minister without elaboration said that all the political leaders and dictators were equally responsible for those woes.

In the memoir, she alludes to her mother having childhood traumas and refers, without elaboration, to “parental abandonment”.

It is, instead, presented without elaboration alongside more banal examples of offensive protest chants and strained friendships.

No elaboration, though, on the inspiration for these phrases.

The Vermont senator's answers were noticeably brief and without further elaboration.

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Until NetEase offers some elaboration, fans will just have to speculate!

When he returned to the question of why people should vote early, he simply advised them to “vote immediately” without further elaboration.

Arthur Brand, a private Dutch art crimes detective who is investigating the theft, said only that he received them from a "source in my network," without further elaboration.

In lithics, it highlighted the elaboration of the Nicoyan ceremonial metate, sculpted in stone and characterized by the presence of effigies sculpted from the heads of jaguars and macaws, which makes it unique in Mesoamerica.

The company's business doesn't need much elaboration other than to note that the company is a specialty retailer; while other retailers may offer similar products, Party City specializes in this specific segment.

There is no doubt, he concludes: the difference is none other than the hand of the worker, the elaboration he has made of the elements that the capitalist put at his disposal, turning them into a new and useful commodity for human life.

These facts tossed out without much elaboration or insight into the man himself.

There is no over-elaboration.

The simple statement “,” requiring no further elaboration of qualification, does not exist for nothing.

At the peak of the development of the Great Political Agreement, Azerbaijan insisted on the elaboration of settlement principles as a basis for continuing the negotiations.

But this article is not another elaboration on the precarious relations between Pakistan and the US.

It has been reported a handful times, albeit without elaboration let alone celebration, by Kennedy biographers Ronald Steel and Evan Thomas, by Sean Wilentz in the New York Times Review of Books, and by a few others.

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Common combinations with elaboration

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "elaboration" in a sentence?
An example: "As Joost Broeren-Huitenga showed earlier, the layers are also present in the very detailed elaboration of the metaphor that is the film, where everything has a symbolic meaning." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "elaboration" from authentic English texts.
What does "elaboration" mean?
Elaboration means: The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
What are synonyms of "elaboration"?
Common synonyms of "elaboration" include: expansion, involution, intricacy, elaborateness, discourse, treatment, discussion, enlargement. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "elaboration" are there?
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