Also means
detailed
Usage Note
Elaborato as an adjective means carefully worked out, intricate, or sophisticated (un piano elaborato = an elaborate plan). It is also a noun — un elaborato — meaning a written paper or assignment in academic Italian (l'elaborato finale = the final paper). The verb is elaborare (to elaborate, to process).
Examples
"Ha presentato un piano molto elaborato."
Natural Translation
He presented a very elaborate plan.

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