elaboration
/ɪlab(ə)ˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ɪlab(ə)ˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
ɪlabəˈreɪʃən
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ɪlabə - ˈreɪʃən -> elaboration
Myanmar meaning
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အသေးစိတ် စီစဉ်ပြင်ဆင်ထားသော။
elaborate explanations/ rituals/ structures ❍ devise an elaborate plan ❍ take elaborate precautions ❍ an elaborate five-course meal.
/Ç'læbǝreÇt/ v (fml )
၁။ ~ (on sth) ကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့် အသေးစိတ် ဖော်ပြရှင်းလင်းသည်။
You understand the situation; I needn't elaborate. ❍ She declined to elaborate on her argument.
၂။ အသေးစိတ်လက်ဝင်စွာ စီစဉ်သည်၊ ချဲ့ထွင်သည်။ She greatly elaborated the simple plot of the original comic poem. elaboration /Çlæbǝ'reÇʃn/ n [U, C]: the elaboration of a theory
❍ The importance of this needs no further elaboration. elaborately adv :an elaborately decorated room.
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complicated, complex, intricate, detailed, involved, convoluted, sophisticated, highly structured, amplify, baroque, bedeck, build on, busy, careful, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, decorated, decorative, detail, develop, devise, discuss, elegant, embellish, embellished, enhance, enlarge, evolve, exact, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, extensive, extravagant, fancy, flesh out, fussy, garnish, garnished, go into detail, go on, high tech, highly wrought, imposing, improve, interpret, intricate; involved, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornament, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, particularize, perfected, plush, polish, posh, precise, prodigious, produce, refine, refined, rich, showy, skillful, specify, studied, sumptuous, thorough, unfold, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles, work out, work up
Antonyms
abridge, block, compress, condense, confuse, curtail, damage, decrease, deface, diminish, dirty, easy, facile, general, halt, harm, hurt, lessen, lower, make simple, natural, normal, plain, reduce, regular, ruin, simple, simplify, spoil, stop, straightforward, uncomplicated, uncultured, unelaborate, uninvolved, unrefined, unsophisticated, usual, worsen
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