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elaboration

The word “elaboration” has 5 syllables: e-la-bo-ra-tion

It's pronounced as /ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/

What is synonym and antonym for elaboration?

In the thesaurus, “elaboration” has 47 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for elaboration along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for elaboration

Antonyms for elaboration

Meanings of elaboration

  • noun
    1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
    2. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order.
    3. Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
    4. The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
    5. (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.

Example Sentences

  • Her elaboration on the topic helped clarify many of the students' questions.
  • The elaboration of his ideas in the essay was thorough and insightful.
  • We appreciated the elaboration in the report, which provided much-needed details.
  • The elaboration of the plan required input from all team members.
  • His elaboration during the discussion revealed new perspectives on the issue.

On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elaboration, such as: addition, advancement, amplification, augmentation, backslide, belittlement, betterment.

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