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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

elaborar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: elaborar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Elaborate/ɪˈlæb.ə.reɪt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A cientista elaborou suas descobertas durante a conferência."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To develop or present in detail.

    "The scientist elaborated on her findings during the conference."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Involving many careful details or complicated parts.

    "The elaborate design of the building impressed all the visitors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'elaborare', meaning 'to work out or produce by labor', composed of 'ex-' (out) and 'labor' (labor, toil). Entering English in the 16th century, it initially meant to produce with labor, later shifting to mean developing or presenting something in intricate and exhaustive detail.

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