Past tense of elaborate; developed or presented in detail, or worked out with care and complexity.
From Latin ēlabōrātus, past participle of ēlabōrāre meaning 'to work out'. Composed of ē- (out) and labōrāre (to work), literally meaning 'worked out thoroughly'.
In cognitive psychology, elaboration is a key memory technique - the more connections and details we add to information, the better we remember it, which is why storytelling and detailed examples are such powerful teaching tools.
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