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–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.

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 Audio Help (dĭ-tāl', dē'tāl') Pronunciation Key
n.

An individual part or item; a particular. See Synonyms at item.
Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole: careful attention to detail.
A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia: skipped the details to get to the main point.
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

To report or relate minutely or in particulars.
To name or state explicitly: detailed the charges against the defendant.
To provide with artistic or decorative detail: detailed the quilt with colorful appliqué.
To select and dispatch for a particular duty.
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.

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in detail
adverb
thoroughly (including all important particulars); "he studied the snake in detail"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
in detail

item by item, giving attention to the details
Example: I'll tell you the story in detail.

Arabic:	بالتَّفْصيل
Chinese (Simplified):	详细地
Chinese (Traditional):	詳細地
Czech:	podrobně
Danish:	i detaljer; i enkeltheder
Dutch:	tot in de details
Estonian:	üksikasjalikult
Finnish:	yksityiskohtaisesti
French:	en détail
German:	im einzelnen
Greek:	διεξοδικά, με το νι και με το σίγμα
Hungarian:	részletesen
Indonesian:	secara terinci
Italian:	in dettaglio*

Japanese:	詳細に
Latvian:	sīki
Lithuanian:	smulkiai, detaliai
Norwegian:	i detalj, inngående
Polish:	ze szczegółami
Portuguese (Brazil):	em detalhe
Portuguese (Portugal):	em pormenor
Romanian:	în detaliu
Russian:	подробно
Slovak:	podrobne
Slovenian:	podrobno
Spanish:	en detalle
Swedish:	i detalj
Turkish:	ayrıntılarıyla