detail
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detail/ˈdiːteɪl/
▶noun
- 1 a small individual feature, fact, or item.
■ a small part of a picture reproduced separately for close study.
- 2 a small detachment of troops or police officers given a special duty.
■ a special duty assigned to such a detachment.
- 1 describe item by item; give the full particulars of.
- 2 assign to undertake a particular task.
– phrases
go into detail give a full account of something.
in detail as regards every feature or aspect; fully.
go into detail give a full account of something.
in detail as regards every feature or aspect; fully.
– origin C17: from Fr. détail (n.), détailler (v.), from dé- (expressing separation) + tailler ‘to cut’.
'detail' also found in these Oxford entries:
adhere
- analyse
- anatomize
- baroque
- belabour
- broad
- broad-brush
- continuity
- crinkum-crankum
- cross-question
- depth
- detailed
- devil
- dissect
- draw
- eidetic
- elaborate
- enlarge
- expatiate
- explain
- explicate
- explore
- fastidious
- finishing touch
- fussy
- granular
- graphic
- hi-res
- hyperreal
- incidental
- length
- letter
- loose end
- lo-res
- map
- meticulous
- naturalism
- nicety
- outline
- over-elaborate
- overlay
- particular
- particularity
- particularize
- pedant
- photographic memory
- point
- precise
- punctilious
