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Definition: Elaborated |
ElaboratedAdjective1. 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: ElaboratedSynonyms: detailed (adj), elaborate (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Elaborated |
| English words defined with "elaborated": bacterial toxin ♦ conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization ♦ detailed, dilate ♦ elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound ♦ flesh out, flowery ♦ idea, Inartificial ♦ melodic theme, motif, motive, musical theme ♦ ornate ♦ plain ♦ theme ♦ utilitarianism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "elaborated": Antibodies, Archaeal, Antibodies, Bacterial, Antibodies, Fungal, Antigens, Bacterial, Antigens, Viral ♦ Bacteriocins ♦ Colicins ♦ Interleukin-2 ♦ Marine Toxins, Megacins ♦ Netscrape ♦ Oligomycins, OOSD ♦ Pertussis Toxins, Pyocins ♦ Snake Venoms ♦ Tetanus Toxin. (references) |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 56.71% | 131 | 27,855 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 32.03% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.26% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 231 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "elaborated": well-elaborated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | concinnatis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "elaborated": overelaborated. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elaborated" (pronounced ula"berātud) |
| 6 | -b er ā t u d | uncorroborated. |
| 4 | -ā t u d | coordinated, cremated, dedicated, dehydrated, deregulated, disassociated, dislocated, elongated, hallucinated, insinuated, modulated, overpopulated, relocated, uncoordinated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vindicated, violated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, 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. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 61 62 6F 72 61 74 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. .- -... --- .-. .- - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l a b o r a t e d |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39786768818467867170 |
| 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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