Usually means: Expands on detail; adds information.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word elaborates:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. elaborates: Merriam-Webster
  2. elaborates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. elaborates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Elaborates, elaborates: Wordnik
  5. elaborates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. elaborates: Wiktionary
  7. elaborates: Dictionary.com
  8. elaborates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. elaborates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elaborates: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elaborates: Medical dictionary

(Note: See elaborate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (elaborate)

adjective:  Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
adjective:  Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
verb:  (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
verb:  (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
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