The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

plural of elaboration

present participle of elaborate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elaborate

In an elaborate manner.

simple past tense and past participle of elaborate

(rhetoric) expanded

(uncountable) The state of being elaborate / (countable) Something elaborate

(transitive) to develop in detail or complexity / (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail

Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. / Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.