Synonyms: elaboration, working out
Definition: developing in intricate and painstaking detail
Similar words: development
Definition: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
Usage: he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency; they funded research and development
Synonyms: amplification, elaboration
Definition: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
Usage: a few remarks added in amplification and defense; an elaboration of the sketch followed
Similar words: expanding upon, expansion
Definition: adding information or detail
Synonyms: intricacy, involution, elaborateness, elaboration
Definition: marked by elaborately complex detail
Similar words: complexity, complexness
Definition: the quality of being intricate and compounded
Usage: he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers
Synonyms: expansion, enlargement, elaboration
Definition: a discussion that provides additional information
Similar words: discourse, discussion, treatment
Definition: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
Usage: the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic; his treatment of the race question is badly biased
Synonyms: refinement, elaboration
Definition: the result of improving something
Usage: he described a refinement of this technique
Similar words: betterment, advance, improvement
Definition: a change for the better; progress in development