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elaborateelaborate2 /ɪˈlæbəˌreɪt/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEelaborate |
Present | I, you, we, they | elaborate | | he, she, it | elaborates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | elaborated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have elaborated | | he, she, it | has elaborated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had elaborated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will elaborate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have elaborated |
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Present | I | am elaborating | | he, she, it | is elaborating | | you, we, they | are elaborating | Past | I, he, she, it | was elaborating | | you, we, they | were elaborating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been elaborating | | he, she, it | has been elaborating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been elaborating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be elaborating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been elaborating |
to give more details or new information about something: elaborate on Lally refused to elaborate on her earlier statement.—elaboration /ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |