SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
elaboration
noun
An explanation that adds detail, or the process of developing an idea more fully.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Addition of explanatory detail
Closest synonyms
Related words and expressions
These extend or explain the idea and may require a different sentence structure.
Usage distinction
Return to topRefinement may change quality rather than length; elaboration supplies fuller detail.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See elaboration in use
The brief proposal needed elaboration before the committee could judge its cost.
Further elaboration explained when the wagon had arrived and why the search party's badge did not authorize entry at that gate.
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