All 5 Uses of
elaborate
in
Glory in Death
- Fuming, she swiveled to the elaborate grillwork along the far wall.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)elaborate = having details and complexity
- "Just answer the question. Don't elaborate."
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *elaborate = add details
- One of the loftier buildings on Broadcast Avenue, it towered up from a wide, flat hilt, housed several thousand employees, five elaborate studios, including the most lavish new set on the East Coast, and enough power to beam transmissions to every pocket of the planet and its orbiting stations.
Chpt 12 (definition 1) *elaborate = fancy (with many special details and features)
- He ... refused to or was unable to elaborate.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
- "It's such a weird life. Yours," she elaborated. "I mean you can have anything you want, go anywhere, do anything."
Chpt 16 (definition 2)elaborated = added details or explained in detail
Definitions:
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(1) (elaborate as in: an elaborate design) having details and complexity -- sometimes fancy or ornateeditor's notes: Depending upon it's context, this sense of elaborate can additionally imply that details make something either:
- more special than others of its kind in a good way
- more complicated than necessary in a bad way
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(2) (elaborate as in: elaborate on your plan) add details or explain in detail