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de⋅tailed

  [di-teyld, dee-teyld]
Use detailed in a Sentence
–adjective
1. having many details: a detailed problem.
2. thorough in the treatment of details; minute: a detailed report.
Origin:
1730–40; detail + -ed 2

Related forms:
de⋅tailed⋅ly  [di-teyld-lee, -tey-lid-] , adverb
de⋅tailed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. involved, complex, complicated. 2. itemized, particularized; exhaustive, thorough, comprehensive.

de⋅tail

  [n. di-teyl, dee-teyl; v. di-teyl]
–noun
1. an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
2. particulars collectively; minutiae.
3. attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts: to postpone detail and concentrate on a subject as a whole.
4. intricate, finely wrought decoration.
5. Engineering. detail drawing.
6. any small section of a larger structure or whole, considered as a unit.
7. Military.
a. an appointment or assignment, as of a small group or an officer, for a special task.
b. the party or person so selected: the kitchen detail.
c. a particular assignment of duty.
8. the property of an image or of a method of image production to make small, closely spaced image elements individually distinguishable.
–verb (used with object)
9. to relate or report with complete particulars; tell fully and distinctly.
10. to mention one by one; specify; list: He detailed the events leading up to the robbery.
11. Military. to appoint or assign for some particular duty: We were detailed to patrol the border.
12. to provide with intricate, finely wrought decoration: lingerie detailed with lace and embroidery.
—Idiom
13. in detail, item by item; with particulars: The résumé stated his qualifications in detail.
Origin:
1595–1605; < F détail, OF, n. deriv. of detailler to cut in pieces, equiv. to de- dis- 1 + tailler to cut < VL *taliāre; see tailor

Synonyms:
10. itemize, enumerate, catalog.
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de·tail   (dĭ-tāl', dē'tāl')   
n.  

  1. An individual part or item; a particular. See Synonyms at item.

  2. Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole: careful attention to detail.

  3. A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia: skipped the details to get to the main point.

  4. A minute or thorough treatment or account: went into detail about his travels.

    1. A discrete part or portion of a work, such as a painting, building, or decorative object, especially when considered in isolation.

    2. A representation of such a part or portion: a detail of a Rembrandt portrait illustrating the technique of chiaroscuro.

    3. A small elaborated element of a work of art, craft, or design.

    4. Such elements considered together: the intricate detail of a rococo altarpiece.

    5. The rendering of artistic detail: the fine detail of the painter's brushwork.

    6. The selection of one or more troops for a particular duty, usually a fatigue duty.

    7. The personnel so selected.

    8. The duty assigned: garbage detail.

    1. A small elaborated element of a work of art, craft, or design.

    2. Such elements considered together: the intricate detail of a rococo altarpiece.

    3. The rendering of artistic detail: the fine detail of the painter's brushwork.

    4. The selection of one or more troops for a particular duty, usually a fatigue duty.

    5. The personnel so selected.

    6. The duty assigned: garbage detail.

    1. The selection of one or more troops for a particular duty, usually a fatigue duty.

    2. The personnel so selected.

    3. The duty assigned: garbage detail.

tr.v.   (dĭ-tāl') de·tailed, de·tail·ing, de·tails

  1. To report or relate minutely or in particulars.

  2. To name or state explicitly: detailed the charges against the defendant.

  3. To provide with artistic or decorative detail: detailed the quilt with colorful appliqué.

  4. To select and dispatch for a particular duty.

  5. To clean (a car interior, for example) meticulously.


[French détail, from Old French detail, a piece cut off, from detaillir, to cut up : de-, de- + tailler, taillier, to cut; see tailor.]
de·tail'er n.
de·tailed   (dĭ-tāld', dē'tāld')   
adj.  Characterized by abundant use of detail or thoroughness of treatment: a detailed report on the state of the economy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

detail 
1603, from Fr. détail, from O.Fr. detail "small piece or quantity," from detaillier "cut in pieces," from de- "entirely" + taillier "to cut in pieces." Modern sense is from Fr. en détail "piece by piece, item by item" (as opposed to en gros), a commercial term used where we would today use retail. Military sense is 1708, from notion of "distribution in detail of the daily orders first given in general," including assignment of specific duties. The verb is from 1637.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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