Detail

Word DETAIL
Character 6
Hyphenation de tail
Pronunciations /ˈdiːteɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Detail"

What do we mean by detail?

An individual part or item; a particular. noun

Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole. noun

A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia. noun

A minute or thorough treatment or account. noun

A discrete part or portion of a work, such as a painting, building, or decorative object, especially when considered in isolation. noun

A representation of such a part or portion. noun

A small elaborated element of a work of art, craft, or design. noun

Such elements considered together. noun

The rendering of artistic detail. noun

A group of military personnel assigned to a particular duty, usually a fatigue duty. noun

The duty assigned. noun

To report or relate explicitly or in particulars. transitive verb

To provide with artistic or decorative detail. transitive verb

To assign to a particular duty. transitive verb

To clean (a car interior, for example) meticulously. transitive verb

To market to (a physician) the drugs sold by one's company, transitive verb

(in detail) With attention to particulars; thoroughly or meticulously. idiom

Something small enough to escape casual notice.

A profusion of details.

The small things that can escape casual notice.

Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

A person's name, address and other personal information.

(law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

A selected portion of a painting

To clean the interior and exterior of an automobile down to the last speck of dust. Urban Dictionary

To customize an automobile by adding custom paint trims, decals, graphics, tinted windows, etc. Urban Dictionary

1. A word that is synonymous for many different words depending on the context, often referring to specifics, particulars or minutiae. 2. It can also reference the physical anatomy that makes a woman physically attractive to men. 3. A hot girl, or a girl with a great body. The word "details" is an excellent gap word or code word for certain topics when used correctly in context among a group of friends. Urban Dictionary

Pertains to exact detail; chronically detailed. Often used to describe a person who is very precise, perfect, and exact. Urban Dictionary

What an artist and a sniper have in common. Urban Dictionary

An adjective used to define a very very hot guy. Not hot girl. Hot guy. Urban Dictionary

Person that spends way too much time cleaning and polishing (detailing) an automobile to such a high standard that merely looking at it too hard will cause "swirls" Urban Dictionary

Anything that makes any situation more complicated that it already is. Urban Dictionary

1. An extremely important part conversation, overlooked as a "detail" 2. A common part of a relationship. 3. A small almost unimportant thing, overlooked, and fucks everything up in the end. 4. Something very small, and many details make something great, or really bad. 5. A detail can be a sarcastic remark. Urban Dictionary

A bullshit job in the military or police force. A position on a weak, dead-end investigation. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Detail

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The word "detail" in example sentences

Twitter has a lot of virtues, but discussing policy issues in detail is not one of them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The field of evolutionary developmental biology, which studies the genetics of morphology in detail is now a rapidly expanding one, with many of the developmental genetic cascades, particularly in the fruitfly (Drosophila), now catalogued in considerable detail. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Exactly how to best do that in detail is what they want more information about, but just knowing that much was quite helpful in terms of focusing their efforts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As I think Marion Zimmer Bradley once said (and she should have known, having written pornography under pseudonyms), “Describing sex in detail is like describing plumbing.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

But I think the overwhelming demand for evidence in detail is really creating a burden for forces. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

On the other hand, we had the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bild, Süddeutsche Zeitung as well as the Austrian Der Standard and the Neue Zürisches Zeitung covering the story in detail from a very different angle. ❋ Helen (2006)

What I did take issue with, and I do not see that you specifically answered it in detail, is that God does NOT work temporally as well. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But since most of the MPs I've met lead lives that differ only in detail from the pattern I've just described, I suspect they may know something that we don't. ❋ Unknown (1990)

Another sterol which Windaus has studied in detail, is ergosterol, which occurs partly in ergot and partly in yeast. ❋ Unknown (1966)

A complete picture of the silk industry showing processes in detail is staged by experts. ❋ Unknown (1924)

His proof in detail is not conclusive to us, but its significance lay in the fact that men were beginning to dare to apply reason to the fundamental facts of ❋ Unknown (1893)

If my memory of the detail is a little hazy, the general point isn't: that it's a whole lot nicer than the hideous, appalling factory farms where most of our farmed animals live out their nasty, brutish and short lives, and which result in hamburgers each containing the meat of thousands of different animals, washed in ammonia. ❋ Christina Patterson (2010)

As no one saw me until the instant this happened, I wonder if this detail is a true memory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All the obvious consequences ensue in detail, which is why I could not be bothered to read the last dozen pages. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In amongst the detail is the proposal that methane emissions from dairy cattle should be reduced by 60% within 15 to 20 years. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I [spent] all [morning] detailing my [pimp ride]. ❋ Constance (2004)

Mary thinks that detailing is limited to cleaning the [interior] and [exterior] of an [automobile]. Ryan pointed out that it also entails low-maintenance customization of the vehicle. ❋ I'm Right, You're Wrong (2006)

The example below references multiple instances where using the word "[details]" would be appropriate: Guy 1: Dude, [Lollapalooza] this year was AWESOME!!! Guy 2: Yeah? What was it like -- [fill me in] with ALL the details! Guy 1: There were sooo many hot chicks there -- I couldn't stop staring at all their [DETAILS]!!! I even yelled out to this one hot chick, "Nice DETAILS!!!" Guy 2: Sounds awesome -- I'm totally going next year!!! ❋ Iamadetailman (2012)

[Colin's] mother is very [detailic] because she needs [to know] everything. ❋ Andy Foster (2008)

Do you know what an artist and a [sniper] have in common? DETAILS. Like when a touch of color is out of place, or when a shadow [does not match] with its surroundings. The only difference is the [stakes], mine are higher. ❋ Timur Glazkov Himself (2019)

[Man], [that guy] is [detailed]! ❋ Nena (2004)

[yo fam] be careful with the [wip], i just got it back from the detailer. [Now look] at these sick vape clouds ❋ Rich1351 (2019)

[Jack and Jill] are having relationship problems. Little does [Jill] know that Jack is see [Mary] .... DETAILS. ❋ FKN Ray (2004)

1.Person A: Your nice, but your sort of ugly. Person B: haha, so did you see "I am legened"? 2.Person A: [I love you, but] we never see each other anymore! Person B: Details, details, did you get the mail? 3.The heat [tiles] on the space [shuttle] were deatials. The space shuttle blew up. 4.My face was beautifully detailed, but now you can see my zit.. 5.So um, Just a tiny detail... We have to leap over fire and fight off tigers to get in. ❋ Thembraincells (2008)

"[Johnson's] a prick, give him the shit detail." (Often used on the [HBO] police drama [The Wire].) ❋ Seshins (2009)

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