elaborate (v)
lucubrate (v)
expatiate (v)
exposit#1 (v)
enlarge#4 (v)
flesh out (v)
expand#10 (v)
expound (v)
dilate#10 (v)

v00955601

type v
lex_filenum 32
def add details, as to an account or idea
def clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
examples She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym clarify, clear up, elucidate
Derivationally related form dilate → dilation
Derivationally related form expound → expository; expound → exponent
Derivationally related form expound → expounding
Derivationally related form expand → expansion; expand → expansion
Antonym expand → contract
Derivationally related form enlarge → enlargement
Derivationally related form exposit → exposition
Derivationally related form expatiate → expatiation
Derivationally related form lucubrate → lucubration
Derivationally related form elaborate → elaboration
Derivationally related form elaborate → elaboration
Hyponym detail; set forth, expound, exposit; exemplify, illustrate, instance; specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Incoming links
Derivationally related form expository → expound; exponent → expound
Derivationally related form expansion → expand; expansion → expand
Derivationally related form elaboration → elaborate
Derivationally related form lucubration → lucubrate
Derivationally related form exposition → exposit
Derivationally related form expounding → expound
Derivationally related form dilation → dilate
Derivationally related form expatiation → expatiate
Derivationally related form elaboration → elaborate
Derivationally related form enlargement → enlarge
Antonym contract → expand
Hyponym clarify, clear up, elucidate
Hypernym detail; set forth, expound, exposit; exemplify, illustrate, instance; specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise

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