'Detail' definitions:
Definition of 'detail'
(from WordNet)
noun
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" [syn: detail, item, point]
noun
A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail, particular, item]
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 temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" [syn: contingent, detail]
verb
Provide details for
verb
Assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
Definition of 'Detail'
From: GCIDE
- Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F. d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, n.]
- 1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration. [PJC]
- Syn: Detail, Detach.
- Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detail'
From: GCIDE
- Detail \De"tail\ (d[=e]"t[=a]l or d[-e]*t[=a]l"; 277), n. [F. d['e]tail, fr. d['e]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See Tailor.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch. & Mach.) (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower. (b) A detail drawing.
- Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.
- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.
- Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- KP,
- 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