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DETAIL definition: 1. a single piece of information or fact about something: 2. information about someone or…. Learn more.
noun. de· tail di-ˈtāl ˈdē-ˌtāl. Synonyms of detail. 1. : extended treatment of or attention to particular items. explaining without going into detail. giving careful attention to detail. 2. : a part of a whole: such as. a. : a small and subordinate part : particular. planned the wedding down to the smallest detail.
The details of something are its small, individual features or elements. If you examine or discuss something in detail, you examine all these features.
noun. an individual or minute part; an item or particular. particulars collectively; minutiae. attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts: to postpone detail and concentrate on a subject as a whole. intricate, finely wrought decoration. Engineering. detail drawing.
[countable, uncountable] a small part of a picture or painting; the smaller or less important parts of a picture, pattern, etc. when you consider them all together. This is a detail from the 1844 Turner painting. a huge picture with a lot of fine detail in it.
A detail is a small fact or spot in a larger entity. That ambiguous smile is just one detail of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Detail comes from the French for cutting into pieces, but in English we only use it to refer to the pieces.
detail. de·tail. (dĭ-tāl′, dē′tāl′) n. 1. An individual part or item; a particular: discussed the details of the proposal. 2. Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole: careful attention to detail. 3. A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia: skipped the details to get to the main point. 4.
information about someone or something: take down the details of A police officer took down the details of what happened. UK Can I have your details (= name and address, etc.), please? Details of the incident are sketchy. A spokesperson for the company declined to give further details. The speech included various personal details about his life.
Definition of detail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'detail' 1. The details of something are its individual features or elements. [...] 2. A detail is a minor point or aspect of something, as opposed to the central ones. [...] 3. Details about someone or something are facts or pieces of information about them. [...] More. English usage.
