Dictionary Definition
detail
Noun
1 an isolated fact that is considered separately
from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of
information" [syn: item,
point]
2 a small part that can be considered separately
from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: particular, item]
3 extended treatment of particulars; "the essay
contained too much detail"
4 a crew of workers selected for a particular
task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"
5 a temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping
force includes one British contingent" [syn: contingent]
Verb
1 provide details for
2 assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were
detailed to the fire station"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- (UK, US) dē'tāl, /ˈdiːteɪl/, /"di:teIl/
- (US) dĭtāl', /dɪˈteɪl/, /dI"teIl/
- Verb:
- (UK) dē'tāl, /ˈdiːteɪl/, /"di:teIl/
- (US) dĭtāl', /dɪˈteɪl/, /dI"teIl/
- Rhymes: -eɪl
- Something small enough to escape casual notice.
- Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.
- We missed several important details in the contract.
- Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.
- A profusion of details.
- This etching is full of fine detail
- Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
- I don't concern myself with the details of accounting
- (plural details) A person's name, address and other personal
information.
- The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.
- a temporary unit or assignment.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
something small enough to escape casual notice
- Czech: podrobnost
- Danish: detalje
- Dutch: detail , kleinigheid
- Finnish: yksityiskohta, detalji
- French: détail
- German: Detail
- Hebrew: פרט (prat')
- Italian: dettaglio , particolare
- Portuguese: detalhe ((m))
- Russian: деталь (detál’)
- Swedish: detalj , enskildhet
uncountable: a profusion of details
something considered trivial enough to ignore
- Danish: detalje
- Dutch: detail , kleinigheid
- Finnish: yksityiskohta, epäolennaisuus
- French: détail
- German: Detail
- Hebrew: ; פרט (prat')
- Portuguese: detalhe ((m))
- Russian: деталь (detál’) , подробность (podróbnost’) , тонкость (tónkost’)
- Swedish: oväsentlighet, oväsentlig sak
plural: personal information
- Dutch: persoonsgegevens n, pl
- Finnish: henkilötiedot p
- French: coordonnées f, pl
- Hebrew: פרטים (prat'ym) m|p
military: temporary unit
- French: détachement
- Russian: наряд (narjád) , расчёт (rasčót)
- Swedish: detachement, kommendering, utkommendering
Verb
- to explain in detail
- I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.
- (US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car)
- We need to have the minivan detailed.
- to assign to a particular task
Derived terms
Synonyms
Translations
to explain in detail
- Dutch: gedetailleerd uitleggen, detailleren, gedetailleerd beschrijven
- Finnish: selittää tarkasti/yksityiskohtaisesti/huolellisesti, tarkentaa
- French: détailler
- German: detaillisieren
- Swedish: beskriva detaljerat, gå in på detaljer, räkna upp, specificera
- Telugu: విశదీకరించు (viSadeekariMchu)
- Portuguese: detalhar
US (?): to clean carefully (particularly a car)
- Dutch: uitgebreid schoonmaken
military: to assign to a particular task
- Swedish: avdela, detachera, kommendera, ta ut,
Extensive Definition
Detail or details may refer to:
- Complexity or simply presence of a surface texture, work of art, or organizational behaviours
- Level of detail, a computer term
- Auto detailing, the process of thoroughly cleaning a car
- Details (magazine), an American men's magazine
- Details (album), a 2002 premiere album by the musical group Frou Frou
- Details (film), a 2003 Swedish film
- Pharmaceutical marketing, specifically that of direct physician contact with pharmaceutical sales representatives
- Detail (magazine), a German architectural magazine.
detail in German: Detail
detail in Estonian: Detail
detail in Slovak: Detail
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
KP,
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,
in-group, incidental,
individualize,
ingredient, inside
out, installment,
instance, integrant, inventory, item, item by item, itemize, junta, kitchen police, 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, out-group, outfit,
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