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elaborates

VERB

make detailed; expand

Synonyms

STRONG

amplify bedeck clarify comment complicate deck decorate develop devise discuss embellish enhance enlarge evolve expatiate explain expound garnish improve interpret ornament particularize polish produce refine specify unfold

WEAK

flesh out work out

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge block compress condense confuse curtail damage decrease deface diminish dirty halt harm hurt lessen lower reduce ruin spoil stop worsen

WEAK

make simple simplify

Example Sentences

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Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In a recent essay at Scientific American, leading psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton elaborates:

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Instead, it thoughtfully elaborates on the stage show, which opened on Broadway in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Dr Neil Scott, medical adviser to the British Boxing Board of Control and consultant head and neck surgeon elaborates.

From BBC • May 8, 2024

A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez