Antonyms for elaborating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt


Definition of elaborating

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 :
  • He had been elaborating dangers and defences, expecting the worst, rehearsing his best.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Combining and elaborating in order to give Dot a nasty one on the knee-cap.
  • Extract from : « If Winter Don't » by Barry Pain
  • The hour that he spent in elaborating it passed like five minutes.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • Other forms are elaborating in the mysteries of eternal matter.
  • Extract from : « A Night in the Luxembourg » by Remy De Gourmont
  • We are elaborating the theory of the Japanese people, and we can't agree.
  • Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
  • He is not elaborating a theme: he is suggesting a relation or hinting a meaning.
  • Extract from : « Whitman » by John Burroughs
  • I made the work a great deal easier by elaborating on Lop-Ear's idea.
  • Extract from : « Before Adam » by Jack London
  • Suetonius said that nature in her parturitions was elaborating a king.
  • Extract from : « The Lords of the Ghostland » by Edgar Saltus
  • Finally he succeeded in elaborating a plan which would suit his purpose.
  • Extract from : « Crestlands » by Mary Addams Bayne
  • In the house also she was ever elaborating, sybaritising her life.
  • Extract from : « A Bed of Roses » by W. L. George

Synonyms for elaborating

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