Past tense of elaborate
regular verb
The past tense of elaborate is elaborated. The past participle is also elaborated.
Forms of elaborate
| Base form (V1) | elaborate /ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | elaborated |
| Past participle (V3) | elaborated |
| Present participle | elaborating |
| Third person singular | elaborates |
Elaborated in a sentence
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial...
- But in “Alex Prager,” she has elaborated on these signature techniques with her first sculpture.2018 January 9, Leanne Mirandilla, “Alex Prager: The artist who straddles the real and the imagined”, in CNN. From the entry Prager
- Primary screening of the immunotropic activity of aloe preparations elaborated by V.P.2014 June 27, Barbara Joanna Bałan et al., “Oral administration of Aloe vera gel, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory herbal remedy…. From the entry immunotropic
- The text's indecidability is elaborated in terms of and as an operative feature of its textuality.2013, Hugh J. Silverman, Textualities, page 80. From the entry indecidability
- The politics-administration dichotomy initiated by Wilson was later elaborated by Frank J.2005, S. P. Naidu, Public Administration: Concepts And Theories, page 55. From the entry dichotomy
Meaning of elaborate
- adjective Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- adjective Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
- verb Тo develop in detail or complexity.
Questions about the past tense of elaborate
- What is the past tense of elaborate?
- The past tense of elaborate is elaborated.
- What is the past participle of elaborate?
- The past participle of elaborate is elaborated.
- Is elaborate a regular or irregular verb?
- Elaborate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: elaborate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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