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Detail

Detail Meaning & Definition
Detail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detail?

[n] an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
[n] extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail"
[n] a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"
[n] a temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping force includes one British contingent"
[n] a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"
[v] assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
[v] provide details for

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detail: contingent | item | item | particular | point

Related Terms | Find terms related to Detail: accredit | accuracy | add up | adduce | adjunct | age group | allocate | allot | amplify | anatomize | appoint | appropriate to | appurtenance | army | army group | article | aspect | assign | assign to | atomize | attention to detail | authorize | background | background detail | band | battalion | battery | battle group | bevy | block out | body | brigade | bunch | cabal | cadre | case | cast | cast up | catalogue | charge | charter | cipher up | circumstance | circumstantiality | circumstantiate | cite | clique | cohort | column | combat command | combat team | commission | commit | company | complement | complete | component | comprehensively | conscientiousness | consign | constituent | contents | contingent | corps | correctness | coterie | count | count up | covey | crew | criticality | criticalness | cross section | crowd | datum | decorative composition | decorative style | delegate | delicacy | delineate | depute | deputize | descant | descend to particulars | design | destine | detach | detachment | details | develop | devolute | devolve | devolve upon | dilate | division | document | dole | duty | earmark | elaborate | element | empower | enlarge | enlarge upon | enter into detail | entrust | enumerate | evolve | exactingness | exactitude | exactness | exhaustively | expand | expatiate | explicate | exquisiteness | facet | fact | faction | factor | fate | fatigue | feature | field army | field train | figure | figure up | file | finicality | finicalness | finickiness | finickingness | fixings | fleet | flying column | foil | foot up | foreground detail | form | fraction | fussiness | gang | garrison | give full particulars | give in charge | go into | group | grouping | groupment | in detail | incidental | individualize | ingredient | in-group | inside out | installment | instance | integrant | inventory | item | item by item | itemize | junta | kitchen police | KP | labor | legion | license | list | lot | make assignments | makings | maniple | mark off | mark out for | matter | meticulousness | minor detail | minuteness | minutia | minutiae | mission | mob | motif | movement | name | national style | niceness | niceties | nicety | number | ordain | organization | ornamental motif | outfit | out-group | outline | pack | parcel | parse | part | part and parcel | particular | particularity | particularize | particularly | particularness | particulars | party | pattern | peculiarize | peer group | percentage | perfectly | period style | personalize | phalanx | platoon | point | portion | portion off | posse | post | precise | preciseness | precisianism | precision | punctiliousness | punctuality | quadrant | quarter | quota | random sample | rank | recap | recapitulate | recite | reckon up | recount | refinement | regard | regiment | rehearse | rehearse in extenso | relate | relate at large | remainder | repeated figure | reserve | resolve | respect | restrict | restrict to | rigidness | rigor | rigorousness | salon | sample | sampling | scan | schedule | schematize | score up | scrupulosity | scrupulousness | section | sector | segment | send | send out | set | set apart | set aside | set off | setting | share | specialize | specialty | specific | specifically | specifics | specify | spell out | squad | squadron | stable | stipulate | strictness | string | style | subdivision | subgroup | subspecies | substantiate | subtlety | sum | sum up | summarize | summate | tabulate | tactical unit | tag | tally up | task force | team | technicalities | technicality | theme | thing | thoroughly | tot up | total | total up | tote up | touch | train | transfer | tribe | troop | troupe | unfold | unit | warrant | wing | work out

See Also | assign | component | component part | crew | dilate | discourse | discussion | elaborate | enlarge | expand | expatiate | exposit | expound | fact | flesh out | force | gang | high spot | highlight | lucubrate | military force | military group | military unit | minutia | nook and cranny | nooks and crannies | part | portion | regard | respect | set apart | specify | sticking point | technicality | treatment | trifle | triviality | work party

Detail In Webster's Dictionary

\De"tail\ (d[=e]"t[=a]l or d[-e]*t[=a]l"; 277), n. [F. d['e]tail, fr. d['e]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See {Tailor}.] 1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley. 2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. 3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. {Detail drawing}, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity. Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.
\De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Detailing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See {Detail}, n.] 1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order. 2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron. Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}. Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
\De*tail"\, n. (Arch. & Mach.) (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called {larger details}) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower. (b) A detail drawing. {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.

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