Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elaborate
Participle: elaborated
Gerund: elaborating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elaborate |
| you | elaborate |
| he;she;it | elaborates |
| we | elaborate |
| you | elaborate |
| they | elaborate |
Perfect
| I | have elaborated |
| you | have elaborated |
| he;she;it | has elaborated |
| we | have elaborated |
| you | have elaborated |
| they | have elaborated |
Past
| I | elaborated |
| you | elaborated |
| he;she;it | elaborated |
| we | elaborated |
| you | elaborated |
| they | elaborated |
Pluperfect
| I | had elaborated |
| you | had elaborated |
| he;she;it | had elaborated |
| we | had elaborated |
| you | had elaborated |
| they | had elaborated |
Future
| I | will elaborate |
| you | will elaborate |
| he;she;it | will elaborate |
| we | will elaborate |
| you | will elaborate |
| they | will elaborate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elaborated |
| you | will have elaborated |
| he;she;it | will have elaborated |
| we | will have elaborated |
| you | will have elaborated |
| they | will have elaborated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elaborate |
| you | elaborate |
| he;she;it | elaborate |
| we | elaborate |
| you | elaborate |
| they | elaborate |
Perfect
| I | have elaborated |
| you | have elaborated |
| he;she;it | have elaborated |
| we | have elaborated |
| you | have elaborated |
| they | have elaborated |
Imperfect
| I | elaborated |
| you | elaborated |
| he;she;it | elaborated |
| we | elaborated |
| you | elaborated |
| they | elaborated |
Pluperfect
| I | had elaborated |
| you | had elaborated |
| he;she;it | had elaborated |
| we | had elaborated |
| you | had elaborated |
| they | had elaborated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elaborate |
| you | would elaborate |
| he;she;it | would elaborate |
| we | would elaborate |
| you | would elaborate |
| they | would elaborate |
Perfect
| I | would have elaborated |
| you | would have elaborated |
| he;she;it | would have elaborated |
| we | would have elaborated |
| you | would have elaborated |
| they | would have elaborated |
Imperative
| you | elaborate |
| we | Let's elaborate |
| you | elaborate |
Verbs conjugated like 'elaborate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elaborate'
evaporate,
adorate,
celebrate,
collaborate,
deliberate,
delibrate,
elaqueate,
emacerate,
evapourate,
evibrate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Verbs referencing "elaborate"
Ido elaborar, Finnish with old forms
elaboroida.
Sample Sentences
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[…] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform. [1871, “Bismarck”, in All the Year Round, volume 5, page 129:]
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The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. [2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:]
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What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
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Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?