ELABORATION Synonyms

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the result of improving something

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

• a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power

• the action of enfolding something

• developing in intricate and painstaking detail