Detail

Definition: Detail

Detail

Noun

1. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information".

2. A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details".

3. Extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail".

4. A crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees".

5. A temporary military unit; "the peace-keeping force includes one British contingent".

Verb

1. Provide details for.

2. Assign to a specific task: "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "detail" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Geography

Labor

Mechanical Engineering

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Synonyms: Detail

Apportionment

Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve.

Attention

Minuteness, attention to detail.

Care

Alertness; (activity); attention; prudence; circumspection; (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution; (preparation); tidiness; (order), (cleanliness); accuracy; (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail.

Description

Detail; enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details; itemize.

Ornament

Pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; repousse (convexity); texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster; (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling.

Part

Adverb: partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments,by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.

Speciality

Each, apiece, one by one, one at a time; severally, respectively, each to each; seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail; bit by bit; pro hac vice, pro re nata.

Descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, come to the point.

Crosswords: Detail

Afrikaan (detail), Czech (close up, detail, inset, particular, technicalities), Dutch (detail), German (big close-up, detail, minutiae).

Crime's my baaag. I got this caper worked out ta the last detail! (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Wow, it is the seventies, right down to the smallest detail! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I thought you wanted us to go into detail. (A Charlie Brown Celebration; writing credit: Charles M. Schulz)

I hate to be the detail police (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

It was you, Willow, in every detail. Except for your not being a dominatrixas far as we know (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I won't bore you with the detail baby (Fastlove; performing artist: George Michael)

The Last Detail (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Carving Architectural Detail in Wood (reference)

• In Detail : Single Family Housing (reference)

• The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique China & Silver: An Illustrated Guide to Tableware, Identifying Period, Detail, and Design (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Detail (reference)

• Ncreif Property Index Detail Report (reference)

• Retail Trade = Commerce De Detail (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• 311 - Enlarged to Show Detail (reference)

• The Last Detail (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Detail (reference)

• Dreaming in Detail [IMPORT] (reference)

• Special Detail (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bosch 1294VSK Corner Detail Sander Kit (reference)

• Freud UP281 Matched Reverse Detail Shaper Cutter - 1-1/4 Bore (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Line drawing (lateral view) showing detail of pelvic area (female). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Scientist is performing an amino acid analysis which is used to look at the detail of cellular molecules. Knowing the genetic code and the way it relates to proteins made by the body are tools to understand cancer cells. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

This was the laboratory building in Shanghai, China where in 1936 Dr. Yersin first isolated and described in detail, Pasteurella pestis, the old term used for Yersinia pestis. Credit: CDC.

Detail of Triton. Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph simultaneously records, in unprecedented detail, ... Credit: NASA.

HST has resolved, to an unprecedented detail of .1 arc second, a mysterious elliptical ring of ... Credit: NASA.

Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #3 Detail of Monterey Bay from 1852 C&GS survey Note 0/120 in center of bay Indicates that bottom was not reached with 120 fathom leadline. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Aerial photography vs. plane table mapping Much greater detail possible and significantly quicker with photography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Left quarter detail of engraving of Portland Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Center -left quarter detail of engraving of Portland Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I could not attempt great elaboration of detail, in the working out of character within such limits

Our life is frittered away by detail.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Detail showing Kerley B lines. (references)

Detail of mycoplasm pneumonia. (references)

Each of these causes is discussed in more detail below. (references)

Business

However, these standards do not detail equipment design. (references)

The draft also calls for “traceability” and “monitoring” without much detail. (references)

In recent years, domestic engineering firms have developed management and detail engineering skills. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

This incident, captured on film by surveillance cameras, was aired in graphic detail on television. (references)

Sierra Leone

In February police interrogated the editor of the Democrat newspaper and searched his office after he published an article about the President's security detail. (references)

India

Despite these restrictions, newspapers in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, report in detail on alleged human rights abuses by the Government, and regularly publish press releases of Islamic militant Kashmiri groups. (references)

Economic History

Kuwait

The plan outlined a wide range of plans but with little detail. (references)

Italy

They usually detail the procedures under which disputes would be arbitrated. (references)

Costa Rica

This is explained in further detail in the "Limits on Foreign Ownership or Control" above. (references)

Human Rights

Morocco

Nevertheless, the press reported on this case in great detail. (references)

Kenya

The Attorney General's Office generally responded in detail to foreign embassies' human rights inquiries. (references)

Guatemala

The police detail guarding the house reported that the helicopter did not belong to the Interior Ministry, which oversees the police, but to the military. (references)

Political Rights

Malaysia

Nonetheless, government officials often faced sharp questioning in Parliament, although this was not always reported in detail in the mainstream press. (references)

Guyana

As part of the review, the team conducted detailed consultations with political parties, representatives of civil society, and members of GECOM between June 25 and 29. The results, published in mid-August, stated that IDEA was unable to find any evidence of deliberate manipulation or electoral fraud despite several procedural errors and system failures that the audit examined in some detail. (references)

Trade

Portugal

This detail encourages many distributors to import indirectly from the U.S. via other EU countries. (references)

Travel

Korea

Westerners attach great importance to a written contract which specifies each detail of the business relationship. (references)

Sweden

During a business meeting there is always time to get to know each other and to discuss the program in sufficient detail that all feel comfortable with each other's position. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

While limited in detail, this information is nonetheless indicative of the human rights situation in North Korea today. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "detail": application error detail ♦ attention to detail ♦ call detail record ♦ detail chart ♦ Detail drawing ♦ detail file ♦ detail of soldiers ♦ detail prices ♦ down to the last detail ♦ duty/tax/fee account detail ♦ enter into detail ♦ fatigue detail ♦ go into detail ♦ Guard detail ♦ in detail ♦ in great detail ♦ inattention to detail ♦ matter of detail ♦ minor detail ♦ piece of detail ♦ projectile detail ♦ stickler for detail ♦ talk in detail ♦ tell in detail. Additional references.

Beginning with "detail": detail-minded.

Ending with "detail": course-detail.

Afrikaans

detail, besonderheid. (various references)

Albanian

detal (machinery), tregoj me hollësira, nis në detyrë të posaçme, jap hollësira, i hollësishëm (categorical, circumstantial, comprehensive, detailed, elaborate, explicit, minute, narrow, particular, play-by-play), hyj në hollësira, hollësi (circumstantiality, daintiness, exility, feature, particularity, point, specification, subtlety, tenuity), element (cell, component, consideration, element, factor, member, piece, unit), ekip (brigade, party, platoon, team), caktoj (allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate, arrange, assign, award, call, constitute, designate, fix, instal, install, instate, intend, lay on, make, mete, name, nominate, order, put, qualify, set, tell off, zone). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏خصص (allocate, allow, appropriate, assign, consign, designate, destine, devote, earmark, give, particularize, spare, specify), ‏المفرزة المختارة, ‏المهمة الخاصة نفسها, ‏إختيار مفرزة, ‏روى بتفصيل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

украсявам детайлно, разказвам подробно, команда (brigade, command, instruction, outfit, party, squad), командировам, възлагам (allocate, allot, apportion, assign, commission, depute, endue, entrust, indue, put on, rest, set), незначителна подробност, наряд (fatigue, fatigue duty, quota), подробност (circumstance, feature, particular, particularity, piece of detail), дреболия (bagatelle, doit, fiddlestick, fillip, knack, non essential, nothing, nothingness, pin head, playgame, tittle, toy, trick, trifle, twopence), детайл (job, piece). (various references)

Catalan

detall. (various references)

Chinese 

细节 (details, minutia, Minutiae). (various references)

Czech

detail (close up, inset, particular, technicalities), vylíèit (depict, describe, limn, narrate, picture, represent), vyjmenovat (enumerate, name), urèit do služby, speciální jednotka, podrobnost (circumstantiality, particular, particularity), odvelet (detach, second), jednotlivost (particular), údaj (datum, statement). (various references)

Danish

enkelthed. (various references)

Dutch

detail, item (element, fragment, item, number, numeral, particle). (various references)

Esperanto

detalo. (various references)

Faeroese

staklutur, smálutur (element, fragment, item, particle). (various references)

Farsi 

ماموریت دادن (Commission), حساب ریز, تفصیل (Circumstance, Gloss), تفاصیل , جزءیات (Elaboration), جزء (Appurtenance, Clause, Component, Ingredient, Member, Portion, Sector), اقلام ریز, شرح دادن (Demonstrate, Depict, Describe, Explain, Give, Illustrate, Narrate, Relate), بکارویژه ای گماردن , بتفصیل گفتن . (various references)

Finnish

yksityiskohta (item, particular). (various references)

French

détail. (various references)

German

Einzelheit (item, minutiae, particular, solitary), Detail (big close-up, minutiae). (various references)

Greek 

λεπτομέρεια (circumstance, particular, particularity, specification). (various references)

Hawaiian

hollësisht (in detail). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרט (break down, itemize, particularize, specify, spell out), פריט (article, entry, item, particular), פרוטרוט (change, small change), פרוט (giving details, itemization, particularization, specification), פרטות, פרט (individual, item, particular, unit). (various references)

Hungarian

részletezés (item, itemization, specialization, specification), részlet (installment, instalment, particular, point, portion). (various references)

Indonesian

detil, detasir, perincian (breakdown, specification), mendetasir, membantukan (assign). (various references)

Italian

dettaglio (particular), particolare (detailed, especial, individual, particular, peculiar, singular, special, strange). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

詳細 (particulars), 精細 , 事細か , ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss), デジタル通信 (copy editor, dead, dead copy, dead end, dead heat, dead stock, dead time, deadline, deadlock, death, death education, death mask, debug, debugger, debugging, deck, deck chair, dedicate, dedication, deduction, de-escalate, de-escalation, Denebola, denier, denim, denomination, denotation, denotational, department, department store, departure, description, desk, desk plan, desk work, desk-top, desperate, desperate struggle, despotism, destination, destroyer, detached coat, detector, detente, deterrent gap, Detroit, devaluation, device, digital communication, distributor cap, divider, fight to a finish, hit a batter by pitching a ball, rough sketch, to eat at Denny's), 内容 (contents, import, matter, subject, substance), 分遣 (detachment). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

デテール , ディテール , ないよう (contents, import, internal use, matter, private business, subject, substance), しょうさい (abstinence, business ability, cleverness, particulars), ぶんけん (books, decentralization of authority, detachment, literature), せいさい (brilliance, legal wife, life, punishment, restraint, sanctions, vitality, vividness), ことこまか. (various references)

Korean 

세부사항 (details). (various references)

Manx

mynphossanyn, mynphoint, mynphaart. (various references)

Norwegian

detalj. (various references)

Papiamen

detaya. (various references)

Pig Latin

etailday.(various references)

Polish

detal, szczegół. (various references)

Portuguese

detalhe, pormenor (dead set, full stop, minuteness, nicety, particular, point), particularidade (circumstance, condition, full stop, particular, particularity, peculiarity, point), minúcia (minuteness, nicety). (various references)

Romanian

detaliu (circumstance, circumstantial, particular, point, retail), detalia (appear, particularize), trimite într-o misiune specialã, povesti amãnunţit (recount), mic detaşament cu o misiune specialã, chiţibuş (shift, subtlety, trifle), amãnunt (circumstance, particular, retail, technicality), amãnunţit (amply, circumstantial, detailed, elaborate, minute, narrow, particular, particularly, searching, thorough), amãnunţi. (various references)

Russian 

частности, команда (command, company, crew, instruction, operation, squad, squady, team), входить в подробности, выделять (accentuate, allot, emphasize, evolve, excrete, extract, exude, give off, give out, highlight, isolate, liberate, mete, parcel out, secrete, segregate, show favor, show favour), наряд (array, attire, fig, finery, garb, getup, police, rig), подробность (circumstance, particular, speciality), подробности, подробно описывать/ деталь подробный, подробно излагать (recount), детальный (detailed), деталь (fine point, member, particular, piece), детализировать (explicate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

detalj, tančina, pojedinost (particular), podrobno pričati, odrediti (allot, appoint, appropriate, assign, cast, define, designate, destine, determine, fix, mark off, mark out, modify, order, peg, route, set, set by). (various references)

Spanish

detalle (gesture, item, particular, technicality, token), pormenor. (various references)

Swedish

detalj (datail, particular, touch). (various references)

Thai

อธิบายโดยละเอียด, รายละเอียด. (various references)

Turkish

detaylar (particulars), detayına girmek, detay (circumstance, elaboration), ayrıntısıyla uğraşma, ayrıntılı plân, ayrıntılı anlatmak, ayrıntı (circumstance, elaboration, nicety, particular), özel göreve vermek, özel göreve verme. (various references)

Turkmen 

jikme-jik (in great detail, minutely). (various references)

Ukrainian

частка (allotment, ante, contingent, crumb, deal, divvy, dose, draught, fraction, lobe, particle, portion, quantity, quota, quotient, shred, slice), виділяти в наряд, елемент (cell, constituent, element, principle, strain), подробиця (circumstance, circumstantial, particular), докладно розповідати, деталь (circumstance, circumstantial, component, specification). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiểu tiết, chi tiết (minutely, particularly), điều tỉ mỉ. (various references)

Welsh

manylu (go into detail, particularize). (various references)

acariae, acus, subtilitate. (various references)

detail. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "detail": detailed, detailedly, detailedness, detailednesses, detailer, detailers, detailing, details. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Detail" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dataid, datal, Defazio, Dekalia, Delteil, dentalium, Desaix, detaily, detale, detel, detia, detoil, dettail, dietki, Distugil, ditali, dogtail, dotil, dwmail, Etaul, metail. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dilate, tailed.

-1 letter: ailed, dealt, delta, ideal, lated, telia, tidal, tilde, tiled.

-2 letters: adit, aide, alit, dale, date, deal, deil, deli, delt, dial, diel, diet, dita, dite, edit, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, late, lati, lead, lied, lite, tael, tail, tale, tali, teal, tela, tide, tied, tile.

-3 letters: aid, ail, ait, ale, alt, ate, dal, del.

+1 letter: citadel, deltaic, details, dialect, dilated, dilater, dilates, edictal, ligated, plaited, redtail, taliped, tallied, trailed.

+2 letters: alighted, altitude, articled, bidental, ciliated, citadels, dateline, datively, deadlift, delating, delation, delicate, dentalia, dentinal, depilate, detailed, detailer, detrital, diacetyl, dialects, diastole, dilatate, dilaters, dilative, dipteral, divalent, dovetail, dutiable, editable, elaterid, entailed, filiated, foliated, gilthead, gladiate, gladiest, idealist, ideality, idolater, inflated, isolated, labiated, lacertid, lapidate, lardiest, lariated, latitude, latticed, leadiest, librated, lineated, liquated, maledict, medalist, misdealt, pantiled, petaloid, pileated, plicated, redtails, retailed, sodalite, steadily, tailored, talipeds, tideland, toadlike, tripedal, validate, violated.