Detail
['diːteɪl] or ['ditel]
Definition
(noun.) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; 'several of the details are similar'; 'a point of information'.
(noun.) extended treatment of particulars; 'the essay contained too much detail'.
(noun.) a crew of workers selected for a particular task; 'a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees'.
(noun.) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; 'it was perfect in all details'.
(verb.) assign to a specific task; 'The ambulances were detailed to the fire station'.
(verb.) provide details for.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
(n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
(n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
(n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Relate, recount, narrate, rehearse, delineate, portray, depict, enumerate, particularize, describe, set forth.[2]. Detach, send away.
n. Account, narration, narrative, relation, recital.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Element, component, particular, specialty, point
ANT:Account, statement, recital, totality, representation
SYN:Particularize, enumerate, recount, individualize, sift, analyze, specify
ANT:Generalize, condense, conglomerate, gather, sketch, suggest_abstract, classify,amalgamate
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Definition
v.t. to relate minutely: to enumerate: to set apart for a particular service.—v.i. to give details about anything.—n. (de-tāl′ or dē′tāl) a small part: an item: a particular account.—adj. Detailed′ giving full particulars: exhaustive.—In detail circumstantially point by point.
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Examples
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That is a detail which I shall speedily supply. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The longer the period of rest of each picture on the screen, the better the detail and the clearer the picture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The day was fine and clear; and the persons not being more than half a mile off she could see their every detail with the telescope. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- History fails to relate a great deal about the mechanical detail of the Pennington model, but it is said to have made a very creditable performance in exhibition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Then he gave me such a detail of misfortunes now existing, or that were soon to exist, that he left me half melancholy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If you care to smoke a cigar in our rooms, Colonel, I shall be happy to give you any other details which might interest you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The swiftness with which the papers displaced the gruesome details of the little girl's death by exultation over the business future of the city was a caution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Pray let me have the details. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- John admitted this, and told him some details of his process. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Pray give us the essential facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to those details which seem to me to be most important. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It notes not only that they are connected, but the details of the connection. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Millers were detailed from the ranks to run the mills along the line of the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In obedience to my request Perdita detailed the melancholy circumstances that led to this event. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So they fell into the confusion of making immediate and detailed proposals that have nothing to do with the attainment of their ideal. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All this work was going on at the same time, there being a sufficient number of men detailed for that purpose. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I have detailed the perfections of my sister; and yet she was utterly unlike Idris. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Sullivan is appointed to the command of all the forces detailed for the protection of the line from here to New Carthage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On my being settled at Doctor Strong's I wrote to her again, detailing my happy condition and prospects. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I make no apology for detailing the above information. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He could not afford to wait till the next day before seeing Thomasin and detailing his plan. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Several articles from them detailing the success of the experiments for the past season have appeared in the columns of _The Breeder’s Gazette_ of this city. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I was just on my way to Nashville, but receiving a dispatch from Van Duzer detailing your splendid success of to-day, I shall go no further. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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