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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Detail

/(dē"tāl [or] dē̇*tāl"; 277)/ · De·tail · IPA /ˈdi.teɪl/
01 n. 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.
  1. 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.
    “The details of the campaign in Italy.” — Motley.
  2. 2.
    A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
  3. 3.
    The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.(Mil.)
  4. 4.
    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.(Arch. & Mach.) Also: larger details
Phrases & compounds
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.
02 v. t. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in d…
imp. & p. p. Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.(Mil.)
  3. 3.
    To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
Syn. Detail, Detach.
Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.