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Collocations for elaborate - verb

ADVERB

further
This point will be elaborated further in the next chapter.
at length
briefly
Let me briefly elaborate on this.

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VERB + elaborate

attempt to, try to
refuse to

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PREPOSITION

on, upon
They refused to elaborate on the reasons for their decision.

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Collocations for elaborate - adj.

VERBS

be, look, seem, sound
The plans looked very elaborate.
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
highly
highly elaborate carvings
increasingly

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Elaborate is used with these nouns:
ceremony, charade, costume, deception, decoration, design, dish, display, effect, funeral, hoax, lie, network, plan, precaution, preparation, pretence, ritual, ruse, scheme, story, structure, system, version

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