It depends on how it is used. If it is an elaborate explanation then it would be and adjectective, but if I were to elaborate upon my answer, it would be a verb. If you want to be able to impress teachers by being able to explain grammar, check out KISS Grammar!
"elaborate" = a verb; an adjective Verb: Please elaborate because I don't understand what you're saying. Adjective: They had an elaborate wedding.
The word elaborate is not a noun, it is an adjective or verb. Examples: Verb form: You will need to elaborate on your work. Adjective form: Her speech was extremely elaborate. The noun forms of the verb to elaborate are elaboration and the gerund, elaborating. The noun form of the adjective elaborate is elaborateness.
The noun forms of the verb to elaborate are elaboration and the gerund, elaborating.The noun form of the adjective elaborate is elaborateness.
[verb] ''Would you care to elaborate on your report?'' asked the teacher. ( sorry I couldn't think of one for the adjective. )
The adjective elaborate (complex) would have the opposites simple, uninvolved, or uncomplicated.The verb to elaborate (go into detail) has no direct opposite, but a reverse operation would be to condense, abridge, or summarize.
"elaborate" = a verb; an adjective Verb: Please elaborate because I don't understand what you're saying. Adjective: They had an elaborate wedding.
The word elaborate is not a noun, it is an adjective or verb. Examples: Verb form: You will need to elaborate on your work. Adjective form: Her speech was extremely elaborate. The noun forms of the verb to elaborate are elaboration and the gerund, elaborating. The noun form of the adjective elaborate is elaborateness.
The noun forms of the verb to elaborate are elaboration and the gerund, elaborating.The noun form of the adjective elaborate is elaborateness.
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elaborate
[verb] ''Would you care to elaborate on your report?'' asked the teacher. ( sorry I couldn't think of one for the adjective. )
The adjective elaborate (complex) would have the opposites simple, uninvolved, or uncomplicated.The verb to elaborate (go into detail) has no direct opposite, but a reverse operation would be to condense, abridge, or summarize.
TO contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
Elaborate preparations were made for the sumptuous banquet, to be held in the back of a pick-up truck on the Hume Highway somewhere between Holbrook and Tarcutta. Please elaborate, step by step, how you did your science experiment. The teacher asked us to tell why American won over the British in the Revolutionary War and to elaborate the details with dates and names of battles. The boy gave elaborate details about the robber, but the police suspected the boy made up a fictitous story.
more elaborate and most elaborate
most elaborate, more elaborate
Elaborated is the past tense of elaborate.