elaborate preparation

collocation in English

meaningsofelaborateandpreparation

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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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preparation
noun
uk
/ˌprep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌprep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the things that you do or the time that you spend preparing ...
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(Definition ofelaborateandpreparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mounting of a nuclear test is a major operation requiring long and elaborate preparations.
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After months ofelaboratepreparation, the success of the expedition depended largely on the enemy remaining in complete ignorance of its destination.
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To adopt one or other of these major changes would involveelaboratepreparation.
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However, he gave the mostelaboratepreparationto all his speeches and, therefore, his arguments were the products of careful study.
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The delicacy was coveted by emperors because it was rare and delicious, and requiredelaboratepreparation.
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The festival takeselaboratepreparationas millions of pilgrims attend to participate in the ceremonies, spread over a period of five days.
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The only time she went away without him she had had to make elaborate preparations for meals and so on.
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I admit that it is necessary if this machinery is to be worked successfully to make elaborate preparations.
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The mounting of a nuclear test is a major operation requiring long and elaborate preparations.
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Most elaborate preparations, he said, had therefore to be made for an opposed landing with all the intricate modern equipment needed for war.
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In addition to that, under modern conditions elaborate preparations have to be made.
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No elaborate preparations would be required.
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Hunting often had elaborate preparations, such as fasting and religious rituals performed by medicine men before and after the hunt.
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Convention cities made elaborate preparations and tried to put on bigger spectacles than the previous hosts.
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Some dances are performed at random, whereas there are others that needs elaborate preparations.
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Elaborate preparations were made in the period between a noblemans death and his funeral, which employed a large number of craftsmen, architects, decorators, servants and cooks.
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