vverb.changebecome widerSynset:distend
Derivationally Related Form:dilatationdistentiondistensiondistensibledilationdilator
Hypernyms:widen
Inherited Hypernyms:dilatewidenincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationadd details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingSynset:elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate
Examples:- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Antonyms:contract
Derivationally Related Form:elaborationexpositionexpositoryenlargementexpoundinglucubrationexpansionexponentexpatiationdilation
Hypernyms:clarify clear up elucidate
Inherited Hypernyms:elaborateclarifyexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:detailexemplifyexpositexpoundillustrateinstanceparticulariseparticularizeset forthspecialisespecializespecify
Full Troponyms:actualizeblock outdelineatedescribedetailexemplifypremiserepresentset forthsketchspecifyspell outsymbolize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: elaborate, enlarge, expatiate)