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Elaborated

Definition: Elaborated

Elaborated

Adjective

1. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "elaborated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Elaborated

Synonyms: detailed (adj), elaborate (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Elaborated

English words defined with "elaborated": bacterial toxinconceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualizationdetailed, dilateelaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expoundflesh out, floweryidea, Inartificialmelodic theme, motif, motive, musical themeornateplainthemeutilitarianism. (references)
Specialty definitions using "elaborated": Antibodies, Archaeal, Antibodies, Bacterial, Antibodies, Fungal, Antigens, Bacterial, Antigens, ViralBacteriocinsColicinsInterleukin-2Marine Toxins, MegacinsNetscrapeOligomycins, OOSDPertussis Toxins, PyocinsSnake VenomsTetanus Toxin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Elaborated

DomainTitle

Books

  • A replicative perspective on evolutionary dynamics : the organizing process of the US economy elaborated through biological metaphor (reference)

  • Economic development of Slovakia in 1996 : study elaborated on behalf of the European Economic Commission of the UN (reference)

  • Environmental Conventions: Elaborated Under the Auspices of the United Nations (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Elaborated

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Morocco

The Tourism Federation, grouping private actors in the tourism industry has elaborated and submitted to the government an ambitious plan called the Framework Agreement (Contract-Program). (references)

Slovak Rep

It should create a legal framework for the application of all 25 core principles for effective banking supervision that were elaborated by the Basle Committee in 1997. The new banking law is expected to go into force in September 2001 and should address criticism aimed at Slovakia by the European Union and the IMF. (references)

Human Rights

Macedonia

In October under the NATO-NLA demilitarization agreement, President Trajkovski elaborated on immunity from prosecution and detention for former NLA combatants who disarmed by September 26. The immunity does not cover persons suspected of war crimes subject to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the Hague, such as torture, murder, ethnic cleansing, and demolition of religious buildings. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

Hungary has transformed into a middle-income country with a market economy and a well elaborated but still developing Western-oriented legal and regulatory framework. (references)

THAILAND

Thailand consistently met the targets and performance criteria elaborated in its IMF stand-by arrangement, which was completed in June 2000. The government began to repay the IMF in the fourth quarter of 2000 and other bilateral donors in 2001. (references)

BOLIVIA

It essentially guarantees national treatment for foreign investors and authorizes international arbitration, which was further elaborated in the Arbitration Law, enacted on March 11, 1997. Bolivia ratified a Bilateral Investment Treaty with United States on June 7, 2001; the treaty came into effect in July 2001. (references)

Worker Rights

Guinea

The Labor Code contains provisions of a general nature regarding occupational safety and health, but the Government has not elaborated a set of practical workplace health and safety standards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Elaborated

"Elaborated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.71% of the time. "Elaborated" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)56.71%13127,855
Lexical Verb (past tense)32.03%7438,813
Adjective (general or positive)11.26%2668,323
                    Total100.00%231N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Elaborated

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "elaborated": well-elaborated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Elaborated

Language Translations for "elaborated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

详尽阐述 (Elaborating). (various references)

   

German

  

ausgearbeitet (prepared). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

綾羅 (elaborated cloth, figured silk and thin silk). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りょうら (elaborated cloth, figured silk and thin silk). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

성"여 만"". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elaborateday.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

разрабатывать замысловатый. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

elaborado (elaborate). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

старанно розроблений, майстерно зроблений (daedal, dedal). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Elaborated

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

concinnatis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Elaborated

Derivations

Words ending with "elaborated": overelaborated. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Elaborated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elabarate, elaberate, elaborite, elabourate, elabrate, elborated, eleborate, ellaborate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Elaborated"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "elaborated" (pronounced ula"berātud)
6-b er ā t u duncorroborated.
4-ā t u dcoordinated, cremated, dedicated, dehydrated, deregulated, disassociated, dislocated, elongated, hallucinated, insinuated, modulated, overpopulated, relocated, uncoordinated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vindicated, violated.
3-t u dabated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncorrected, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Elaborated

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-l-o-r-t"

-1 letter: elaborate, tradeable.

-2 letters: adorable, areolate, dateable, leeboard, rateable, readable, teaboard, tearable, tradable.

-3 letters: ablated, aborted, aerated, alerted, altered, areolae, belated, berated, bleared, bleated, bleater, bloated, bloater, borated, datable, dealate, debater, delator, earlobe, eatable, labored, laterad, leotard, lobated, ratable, rebated, related, retable, tabered, tabored, treadle, trebled.

-4 letters: abated, abater, abator, ablate, aboard, aboral, abrade, abroad, aerate, aerobe, alated, albedo, aortae, aortal, arable, areola, areole, balder, beadle, beater, belted, belter, berate, blared, boated, boatel, boater, bolder, bolete, bolted, bolter, borate, bordel, boreal, dartle, dealer, debate, debtor, delate, derate, doable, elated, elater, elodea, labret, leader, loader, lobate, oblate, oleate, orated, ordeal, rabato, rebate, rebato, redate, relate, reload, retold, tabard, tabled, teared, teredo, treble.

-5 letters: abate, abele, abler, abode, abort, adobe, adore, alate, alder, alert, altar, alter, aorta, ardeb, areae, areal, arete, artal, artel, baaed, baled, baler, barde, bared, bated, beard, bedel, beret, betel, blade, blare, blate, blear, bleat, bleed, bloat, board, boart, bolar, boral, bored, botel, bread, brede, breed, broad, dater, dealt, debar, delta, derat, deter, dobla, dobra, dotal, doter, eared, eater, elate, elder, erode, labor, labra, lader, laree, lated, later, lobar, lobed, oared, oater, older, orate, orbed, oread, rabat, ratal, rated, ratel, reata, rebel, relet, robed, roble, taber, tabla, table, tabor, talar, taler, tardo, tared, telae, tolar, toled, trade, tread, treed, trode.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-l-o-r-t"
 

+3 letters: decarboxylate.

 

+4 letters: decarboxylated, decarboxylates, overelaborated.

 

+5 letters: counterbalanced, photodegradable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Elaborated


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 61 62 6F 72 61 74 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    .-..    .-    -...    ---    .-.    .-    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#97 &#98 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0061 0062 006F 0072 0061 0074 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39786768818467867170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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