- present tense form of elaborate (3rd person singular).
elaborates
Example Sentences
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Of the new album, one of its highlights is the buoyant corrido “Terca,” which elaborates on a short story in the memoir about Venegas’ move to Mexico City.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Scanning the room, largely full of teenagers, she elaborates on her last point.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Instead, it thoughtfully elaborates on the stage show, which opened on Broadway in 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Gray elaborates by pointing out that when climate change raises sea levels, the impact will not be limited to people living on the coasts.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
