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elaborate

/ɪˈlæbɹət/ih-LA-bruht
/ɪˈlæbɹət/ih-LA-bruht

Meaningworked out

Common meaning: detailed

Other meanings: to explain more

‘out’ + ‘toil, effort’ → elaborate

Journey through time

  1. Latinlabor, labōris‘toil, effort’
  2. Englishelaborate‘detailed’ · today

e- also in: emitejecteraseerecterode

labor also in: laboriouslaboratorylabourcollaborate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin labor ‘toil, effort’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry labor, p. 1024 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

collaboratelaboratorylaboriouslabour

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