noun
1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail (Freq. 2)
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a few remarks added in amplification and defense
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an elaboration of the sketch followed
• Syn: ↑amplification
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate
• Hypernyms: ↑expansion, ↑expanding upon
2. the result of improving something
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he described a refinement of this technique
• Syn: ↑refinement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate, ↑refine (for: ↑refinement)
• Hypernyms: ↑improvement, ↑betterment, ↑advance
3. a discussion that provides additional information
• Syn: ↑expansion, ↑enlargement
• Hypernyms: ↑discussion, ↑treatment, ↑discourse
• Hyponyms: ↑expatiation, ↑embellishment, ↑embroidery
4. marked by elaborately complex detail
• Syn: ↑elaborateness, ↑intricacy, ↑involution
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate, ↑elaborate (for: ↑elaborateness)
• Hypernyms: ↑complexity, ↑complexness
5. developing in intricate and painstaking detail
• Syn: ↑working out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate
• Hypernyms: ↑development
Useful english dictionary. 2012.