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elaboration

noun

developing in intricate and painstaking detail

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Word length
11
Starts with
E
Ends with
N
Contains
LA
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. developing in intricate and painstaking detail

noun

  1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

    “a few remarks added in amplification and defense”

noun

  1. marked by elaborately complex detail

noun

  1. a discussion that provides additional information

noun

  1. the result of improving something

    “he described a refinement of this technique”

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Example Sentences

a few remarks added in amplification and defense
an elaboration of the sketch followed
he described a refinement of this technique

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