élaborer

Meaning

to draft, to develop

Example

The committee is drawing up an action plan that will be presented in September.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

More words at level B2

• épargner to save, to spare
• épineux thorny, tricky
• éprouver to feel, to experience
• évoquer to mention, to raise
• aborder to address, to broach
• aggraver to worsen, to aggravate
• alléger to lighten, to ease
• ambigu ambiguous, unclear

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