detail.
A part small enough to escape casual notice.
Meaning & usage
A part small enough to escape casual notice.
Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.
We missed several important details in the contract.
A profusion of details.
This etching is full of fine detail.
The small parts that can escape casual notice.
A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.
Safety at work is not a mere detail.
A person's name, address and other personal information.
The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”). Compare typologically Bulgarian подробност (podrobnost), Czech podrobnost, Russian подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) (akin to дроби́ть (drobítʹ)).
To explain in detail.
I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.
To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles, always pronounced /ˈdiːteɪl/)
We need to have the minivan detailed.
To assign to a particular task.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”). Compare typologically Bulgarian подробност (podrobnost), Czech podrobnost, Russian подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) (akin to дроби́ть (drobítʹ)).
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