elaborate explanation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelaborateandexplanation
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elaborate
adjective
uk/iˈlæb.ər.ət/us/iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/
containing a lot of careful detail or many ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofelaborateandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I should like a moreelaborateexplanationof this amendment.
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It would be helpful if we could have a little moreelaborateexplanation.
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Some moreelaborateexplanationis needed for that situation.
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I do not think that this proposed new clause requires anyelaborateexplanation.
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Then comes anelaborateexplanationhow people can safely spoil the broadcasting, without being found out.
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That means that one must give anelaborateexplanationrather than winging it.
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I have a long andelaborateexplanationto make.
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Rejecting her claim for damages, the court held that consent did not require anelaborateexplanationof remote side effects.
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Why is it necessary to start referring to a "made-up carriageway", and then have to give elaborate explanations of what is a made-up carriageway?
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I know that people often put forward elaborate explanations as to why they are innocent, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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We have had the most elaborate explanations why that is so.
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