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Elaborate on vs elaborate

Both 'elaborate on' and 'elaborate' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Elaborate on' is used when you want to provide more details or information about something, while 'elaborate' is used as a standalone verb to mean to add more detail or information.

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Elaborate on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'elaborate on' when you want to provide more details or information about a specific topic or point.

Examples:

Can you elaborate on your proposal?
She asked me to elaborate on my previous statement.
Could you elaborate on that point?
I need you to elaborate on your findings.
He elaborated on the reasons for his decision.

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Nov 12, 2021 ... Astronomers Elaborate on Options to Reduce Impact of Satellite Megaconstellations. Publication date. November 12, 2021.

Alternatives:

expand on
provide more details on
give more information about
clarify further
go into more detail about

elaborate

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'elaborate' as a standalone verb to mean to add more detail or information.

Examples:

Could you elaborate on that point?
She asked me to elaborate on my previous statement.
I need you to elaborate on your findings.
He elaborated on the reasons for his decision.
The architect elaborated on the design concept.

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Sophie's giving Covington his elaborate sendoff.
Several species of stick insect and their elaborate camouflage are shown.
Pretty elaborate plan, kidnapping a baby.
It concerns an elaborate plan, a project, and his sister.
Just two more guards with Uzis... and the most elaborate vault door ever conceived.
But this would have taken a lot of elaborate planning, chief.
Pretty elaborate set-up for a group mugging.
Large-format medaillons appeared, ornaments began to show elaborate curvilinear designs.
Court musicians and dancers collaborated to provide elaborate entertainment for them.
The priyayi class used elaborate title system.
The cathedral's elaborate Renaissance ornamentation was extensively copied throughout 16th-century Russia.
Perform elaborate multicolor experiments with seven external channels and spectral unmixing software.
References: Ideas and plan elaborate schemes to Canberra.
This elaborate process makes raw partition recovery a complete success.
Delivery of the elaborate within Saturday November 30th 2013.
Ancient civilizations built all kinds of elaborate puzzles.
She constructs all these elaborate scenarios to perpetuate violence against herself.
Serial killers often develop elaborate rationalizations to justify their actions.
Flat-rate technicians can get quite elaborate with shortcuts.
They thought it was part of some elaborate trap.

Alternatives:

add more detail
provide more information
give more details
expand on
clarify further

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