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elaborations

The word “elaborations” has 5 syllables: e-la-bo-ra-tions.

It's pronounced as /ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃənz/.

What is synonym and antonym for elaborations?

In the thesaurus, “elaborations” has 9 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for elaborations along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for elaborations

  • amplification
  • caricatures
  • developments
  • embroideries
  • enhancements
  • evolutions
  • exaggerations
  • progresses
  • progressions

Antonyms for elaborations

  • lapses
  • regressions
  • retrogressions
  • reversions
  • understatements

Meanings of elaborations

  • noun
    1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
    2. The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order.
    3. Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
    4. The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
    5. (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.

Example Sentences

  • Her elaborations on the historical context added depth to the lecture.
  • The author's elaborations on the characters' backgrounds enriched the story.
  • During the Q&A session, the scientist's elaborations on the experiment were highly informative.
  • The elaborations provided in the proposal convinced the committee to approve the project.
  • His frequent elaborations on minor details sometimes made the meetings longer than necessary.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elaborations, such as: amplification, caricatures, developments, embroideries, enhancements, evolutions, exaggerations.

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