Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
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Elaboration
Synonyms for "elaboration" (130 found)
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garnituregoing overgradual changegrowinggrowthhandicrafthandiworkharvestingilluminationiterationmachiningmakingmanufacturemanufacturingmaturationmillingminingmoldingnatural developmentnatural growth
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Noun(4 words)
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8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- преработване noun (natural process of formation or assimilation by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order)
Dutch
1 entries- uitwerking noun (act or process of producing or refining with labor)
Finnish
4 entries- kehittely noun (act or process of producing or refining with labor)
- muokkaaminen noun (natural process of formation or assimilation by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order)
- tuotanto noun (natural process of formation or assimilation by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order)
- työstäminen noun (act or process of producing or refining with labor)
Spanish
2 entries- elaboración noun (act or process of producing or refining with labor)
- elaboración noun (natural process of formation or assimilation by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order)
Sample sentences
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The depth of the debates has decreased, as the new forms of social media do not provide enough space for the elaboration of long arguments.
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This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.
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The great elaboration and variety in the form and structure of the house-roof almost merits the dignity of a separate section. For it is mainly to the roof that the Japanese house owes its picturesque appearance; it is the roof which gives to the houses that novelty and variety which is so noticeable among them in different parts of the country. The lines of a well-made thatched roof are something quite remarkable in their proportions.
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