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- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| pronunciation: |
ih
lae
b
riht
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| definition: |
planned or carried out with great care and attention to details.
He made up an elaborate game for us to play.- synonyms:
- detailed, intricate
- antonyms:
- simple
- similar words:
- complicated, comprehensive, meticulous, minute, thorough
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| related words: |
complex |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
ih
lae
br
eIt
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| inflections: |
elaborates, elaborating, elaborated |
| definition: |
to add details to something; explain more fully (often followed by "on" or "upon").
Elaborate on your ideas for building a new library.- similar words:
- add to
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| related words: |
dwell |
| derivations: |
elaborative (adj.), elaborately (adv.), elaborateness (n.), elaborator (n.) |
The word elaborate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
labor, laborat, lab
Latin
root
that means to work
Example words:
- synonyms:
- oper
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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