elaborates

VERB

make detailed; expand

Synonyms

STRONG

amplify bedeck clarify comment complicate deck decorate develop devise discuss embellish enhance enlarge evolve expatiate explain expound garnish improve interpret ornament particularize polish produce refine specify unfold

WEAK

flesh out work out

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge block compress condense confuse curtail damage decrease deface diminish dirty halt harm hurt lessen lower reduce ruin spoil stop worsen

WEAK

make simple simplify

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elaborates

Later, he elaborates more fully on the genius of her portrayal.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

In a recent essay at Scientific American, leading psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton elaborates:

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024

Dr Neil Scott, medical adviser to the British Boxing Board of Control and consultant head and neck surgeon elaborates.

From BBC ● May 8, 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