Antonyms for elaborates

Grammar : Verb

Spell : adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt

Definition of elaborates

Origin : 1590s, "produced by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s.

verb make detailed; expand

Example sentences :

The behaviour in hot water confirms and elaborates the classification.
Extract from : « Animal Proteins » by Hugh Garner Bennett

He elaborates it delightfully, so that people may forget he has spoken the truth.
Extract from : « Oscar Wilde » by Arthur Ransome

James elaborates this thesis with his usual resourcefulness and skill.
Extract from : « Religion and Science » by John Charlton Hardwick

He bases his rules upon those of Professor Bain, elaborates these, and adds some equally good ones.
Extract from : « Your Mind and How to Use It » by William Walker Atkinson

With an ironical pretence of rendering deserved homage to poverty, he elaborates the important part it plays in the social scheme.
Extract from : « Paris and the Social Revolution » by Alvan Francis Sanborn

Elaborates the library's three gifts to the nation—“knowledge, perspective and ideals.”
Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various

It elaborates upon the application of various forms of bandages and plasters in a variety of operations.
Extract from : « Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise » by Sami Hamarneh

In the first section (56 chapters)14 he elaborates upon the uses and disadvantages of cautery in general.
Extract from : « Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise » by Sami Hamarneh

In the third Scholion he elaborates this thought and shows that differentiation takes place in triple wise.
Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Ewald elaborates out of his own consciousness an extraordinary romance about Zimri and the queen-mother.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings » by F. W. Farrar

Synonyms for elaborates

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