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Elaboration

Definitions: Elaboration

Elaboration

Noun

1. Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail: "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed".

2. The result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique".

3. An interpretation that provides additional information.

4. Marked by elaborately complex detail.

5. Developing in intricate and painstaking detail.

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

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



Specialty Definitions: Elaboration

DomainDefinitions

Computing

The elaboration of a declaration is the process by which the declaration achieves its effect(such as creating an object); this process occurs during program execution. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Elaboration

Synonyms: amplification (n), elaborateness (n), enlargement (n), expansion (n), intricacy (n), involution (n), refinement (n), working out (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Elaboration

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completion

Elaboration; finality; completeness.

Improvement

Reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration; purification; oxidation; repair; (restoration); recovery.

Preparation

Ripening; Verb: maturation, evolution; elaboration, concoction, digestion; gestation, batching, incubation, sitting.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Elaboration

English words defined with "elaboration": amplificationDevelopment theoryelaborately, embellishment, embroideryhigherin an elaborate way, intricatelyMalassimilationnakedPlasmogenrawserviceable, sketch, study. (references)
Specialty definitions using "elaboration": demoscenefarcical comedygasket for jointsHeartjoint ringSelf Psychology. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Elaboration

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Unified Process Elaboration Phase: Best Practices in Implementing the UP (reference)

  • Writing Whizardry: 60 Mini-Lessons to Teach Elaboration and Writer's Craft (reference)

  • Expanding the Writing Process With Elaboration (reference)

  • Marxist Political Economy and Marxist Urban Sociology: A Review and Elaboration of Recent Developments (reference)

  • Statement on Race: An Annotated Elaboration and Exposition of the Four Statements on Race Issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and C (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Use in Literature: Elaboration

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

I could not attempt great elaboration of detail, in the working out of character within such limits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Elaboration

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

This relatively wide variation can usually be explained by the degree of elaboration of the product. (references)

Economic History

Guyana

Guyana needs new investment--although the amount and pace of investment will depend greatly on the further elaboration of government policies toward foreign investment. (references)

Mexico

CNA is the federal government agency responsible for the supply of potable water and for the elaboration of environmental standards for water discharges and water quality for urban and rural including agricultural zones. (references)

Political Economy

COSTA RICA

Solvents and chemical precursors used in the elaboration of illegal drugs are carefully regulated. (references)

Women

Guatemala

The National Women's Forum, a group formed in 1997 to promote women's issues, actively participated in the elaboration of the plan and contributed proposals in each of the prioritized areas. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

The Committee developed a strategy proposal and project proposals, which it submitted to the IPEC office for further elaboration. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HEART, n. An automatic, muscular blood-pump. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the esat of emotions and sentiments -- a very pretty fancy which, however, is nothing but a survival of a once universal belief. It is now known that the sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid. The exact process by which a beefsteak becomes a feeling -- tender or not, according to the age of the animal from which it was cut; the successive stages of elaboration through which a caviar sandwich is transmuted to a quaint fancy and reappears as a pungent epigram; the marvelous functional methods of converting a hard-boiled egg into religious contrition, or a cream-puff into a sigh of sensibility -- these things have been patiently ascertained by M. Pasteur, and by him expounded with convincing lucidity. (See, also, my monograph, The Essential Identity of the Spiritual Affections and Certain Intestinal Gases Freed in Digestion -- 4to, 687 pp.) In a scientific work entitled, I believe, Delectatio Demonorum (John Camden Hotton, London, 1873) this view of the sentiments receives a striking illustration; and for further light consult Professor Dam's famous treatise on Love as a Product of Alimentary Maceration.

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

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Usage Frequency: Elaboration

"Elaboration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elaboration" is used about 289 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
Noun (singular)100%28917,124

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

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Expression: Elaboration

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "elaboration": over-elaboration.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Elaboration

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

elaboration likelihood model

8

elaboration

3
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Modern Translations: Elaboration

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

Albanian

  

zhvillim (development, evolution, growth, make, making, nurse, occurrence, operation, progress, prosecution, treatment), trazim (agitation, commotion, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturbance, dust, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, immixture, kneading, melange, mixing, mixture, perturbation, poke, turbidity, turbulence), saktësi (accuracy, definition, exactitude, exactness, justness, minuteness, nicety, preciseness, precision, sensibility, soundness, veracity), përpunim (development, formation, manipulation, manufacture, operation, processing, recovery, refinement, rehash, treatment). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تفصيل (description, detailing, indentation, specification), ‏تحسين (amelioration, amendment, improvement, perfection, refinement), ‏تعقيد (complexity, complication, intricacy, involvement, perplexity), ‏إعداد (arranger, concoction, enrollment, planning, preamble, preparation, primer). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уточняване (particularization), разработка (amplification, development, operation, treatment), разработване (amplification, exploitation, shakedown), изработване (output, working out). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

阐述. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zpracování (manufactory, treatment). (various references)

   

Danish

  

elaborering. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitwerking (effect). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیچیدگی (Clubfoot, Compiexity, Crank, Intricacy, Plexus), جزءیات (Detail). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yksityiskohtainen valmistelu. (various references)

   

French

  

élaboration. (various references)

   

German

  

ausarbeitung (amplification, composition, developement, development, draft, drawing up, expansion, formulation, preparation, working out). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επεξεργασία (beneficiation, conditioning, conversion, dressing, finish, milling, preparation, processing, retouching, revision, those operations which transform the concentrates produced by treatment and other dispersable wastes into forms suitable for transport and/or storage and/or disposal, treatment, working), επεξήγηση (gend, illustration, inscription). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שכלול (improvement, perfection), פתוח (developing film, development, expansion, open, receptive), פרוט יתר, עבו" (adaptation, arrangement, cultivated, cultivation, prepared, processing). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

részletesség (circumstantiality), részletes kidolgozás, részletekben való elmélyülés, megmunkálás (fashioning, finishing, finishing off, forming, get-up, machining, moulding, refining, roughing, second working, shaping, surface-planning, turning), kiformálás, kidolgozottság, kidolgozás (development, finishing, getting up, get-up, shaping, working out, workmanship), kellő alakba öntés, gondos alaposság, feldolgozás (assimilation, processing). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

elaborasi. (various references)

   

Italian

  

elaborazione (immediate processing, processing, program run, programme run, real time processing, real-time processing, run). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

敷衍 (amplification, expatiation), 斧鑿 (chisel and ax, lucubration), 布衍 (amplification, expatiation). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふさく (chisel and ax, crop failure, lucubration, poor crop), ふえ" (amplification, divorce, expatiation, unrealized marriage). (various references)

   

Manx

  

troggal (arise, boost, breed, breeding, bring off, bringing up, build, building, buzz off, construct, contract, contract as disease, contraction, development, edifice, elaborate, elevate, freshen, freshen of wind, gather up, getting up, harvest, heave, heave as shoulders, hoist, input, invoke, lift, lifting, nurture, pick off; absorption, pick up, pull in, put up, raise, raise up, rally, rear, rearing, rig up, rise, set in rows, sing up, structure, take, train, train as child, winch, wind, winding), obbraghey (act, action, behaviour, behaviour of machines, crew, cultivate, employment, exercise, forge, function, handle, handling, influence, labour, motion, operate, operation, performance, ply, process, start, wangle; persuance, work, work up, wreak). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

utdypning, utarbeidelse. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elaborationay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

elaborar (finish, formulate, labor, labour, make, make out, prepare), elaboração (concoction, elan, formulation, preparation, processing). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

elaborare. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уточнение (qualification, rectification), совершенствование (development, enhancement, perfecting, perfection), развитие (cultivation, development, evolution, germination, growth), тщательность (exactness, nicety, thoroughness), тщательная разработка. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razrađivanje, detaljno izlaganje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

elaboración (build up, making, preparation, processing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

elaborering, omsorgsfullt utarbetande. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dikkatle hazırlanma, detay (circumstance, detail), ayrıntı (circumstance, detail, nicety, particular), özen (application, assiduity, attention, care, jealousy, pains, painstaking, solicitude, thought). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

старанність (accuracy, alacrity, application, assiduity, diligence, exactness, goodwill, heartiness, impressment, nicety, painstaking, particularity, sedulity, thoroughness), старанна розробка, удосконалення (perfectibility, perfecting, perfection, refinement), переробка (adaptation, alteration, readjustment, recast, remake, revision). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thảo tỉ mỉ, sự thảo kỹ lưỡng, sự sản ra, sự sửa soạn công phu, sự l m công phu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Elaboration

Derivations

Words beginning with "elaboration": elaborations. (additional references)

Words ending with "elaboration": overelaboration. (additional references)

Words containing "elaboration": overelaborations. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Elaboration"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "elaboration" (pronounced ula'berā"shun)
9u l a' b er ā" sh u ncollaboration.
7-a' b er ā" sh u naberration.
6-b er ā" sh u ncorroboration, deliberation, liberation, reverberation.
5-er ā" sh u nacceleration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, desperation, discoloration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, saturation, separation, toleration.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.

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

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Anagrams: Elaboration

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-2 letters: alienator, antilabor, baritonal, rationale, trainable.

-3 letters: ablation, abortion, aeration, atonable, baritone, baronial, boltonia, brantail, inarable, laborite, lobation, notarial, oblation, obtainer, oriental, rational, relation, reobtain, taborine, tailbone.

-4 letters: abalone, abelian, aeolian, aerobia, aileron, airboat, alation, alienor, antbear, baronet, biotron, bloater, borneol, bornite, elation, eobiont, labiate, latrine, librate, loonier, niobate, notable, oration, orbital, ortolan, ratable, ratline, reboant, reliant, retinal, retinol, taborin, toenail, trenail, triable.

-5 letters: abater, abator, abelia, ablate, aboral, aerial, albeit, albino, albite, aliner, antiar, antler, antral, aortae, aortal, arable, areola, aroint, atonal, atoner, atrial, bailer, bailor, baiter, banter, barite, berlin, binate, blooie, boatel, boater, boiler, bolero, boleti, bolter, bonier, bonita, bonito, bootie, borane, borate, boreal, enroot, entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, labret, lanate, lariat, larine, latino, latria, learnt, librae, linear, linter, loaner, lobate, loiter, looter, lotion, nailer, narial, neroli, nobler, norite, obelia, oblate, obtain, oolite, oorali, orient, oriole, ornate, rabato, ratine, ration, ratlin, ratoon, realia, rebait, rebato, reboil, reboot, reloan, renail, rental, retail, retain, retial, retina, retool, rialto, riblet, robalo, taenia, tailer, tailor, talion, tarnal, tenail, terbia, tineal, toiler, tolane, tonier, tooler, tribal, trinal.

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

+1 letter: elaborations.

 

+2 letters: apportionable, observational.

 

+3 letters: retinoblastoma.

 

+4 letters: decarboxylation, observationally, overelaborating, overelaboration, recombinational, retinoblastomas.

 

+5 letters: decarboxylations, overelaborations, retinoblastomata, tracheobronchial.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Elaboration


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

45 6C 61 62 6F 72 61 74 69 6F 6E

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

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

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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 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#97 &#98 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0061 0062 006F 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

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

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

3978676881846786758180

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INDEX

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


  

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