elaborate

/ɪˈlæbəˌreɪt/

意味: 詳述する

例文: Lena elaborated on glitter law for 40 minutes.
　　  レナはラメ法について40分も詳述した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: elaborate plan(精巧な計画), elaborate design(精巧なデザイン), elaborate explanation(詳しい説明)

定義: 詳しく説明する、または複雑で詳細なものを作り上げること。何かをより理解しやすくするために、追加の情報や詳細を提供すること。

elaborateは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Verb: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
Verb: make more complex, intricate, or richer
Verb: work out in detail
Adjective: marked by complexity and richness of detail
Adjective: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; ; – John Buchan

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please elaborate on your plan for the project.(プロジェクトの計画について詳しく説明してください。)
She wore an elaborate dress to the party.(彼女はパーティーに手の込んだドレスを着ていました。)
The instructions were too elaborate to understand quickly.(説明が複雑すぎてすぐに理解できませんでした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Verb: The bee elaborates honey
Verb: refine a design or pattern
Verb: elaborate a plan
Adjective: an elaborate lace pattern
Adjective: a detailed plan
Adjective: the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion
Adjective: the carefully elaborated theme

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): complicate, detailed, dilate, elaborate, elaborated, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate, luxuriant, rarify, refine, work out

Antonyms(反意語): contract

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, clarify, develop, produce

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, bootleg, break, break down, breed, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, churn out, circularize, civilize, clap up, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confect, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, custom-make, customize, cut, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demystify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disambiguate, discipline, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dummy, dynamize, ease up, edit, elaborate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, extrude, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, foliate, freeze, frenchify, fudge together, full, gelatinize, generate, glamorize, glorify, grow, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, laminate, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, machine, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, output, overproduce, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, prefabricate, print, professionalize, proof, prostrate, pulse, purify, put, put out, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remake, remodel, render, reproduce, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smelt, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, turn out, uglify, unclutter, underproduce, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, work out, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): detail, develop, exemplify, involve, set forth, sophisticate, specify

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: complication, dilation, elaborateness, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, expatiation, exponent, exposition, expository, expounding, lucubration, luxuriance

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, education

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: