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US
/ˈditeɪɫ, dɪˈteɪɫ/
]
NOUN
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extended treatment of particulars
the essay contained too much detail -
a temporary military unit
the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent -
a crew of workers selected for a particular task
a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees -
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
several of the details are similar
a point of information -
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
it was perfect in all details
VERB
- provide details for
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assign to a specific task
The ambulances were detailed to the fire station
How To Use detail In A Sentence
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
- The details aren't specific, and feel a little kludged.
- But Ms. Economy pointed to the elaborateness of concept and coordination of details — "the flowers are matching," she observed — leading her to suspect they may have had professional help bringing the Halloween spirit alive. Suburban Tricks, Urban Treats
- With the usual prerogative of the wealthy classes, he tended to choose doctors with a reputation for having studied some topics in greater detail than usual.
- He claimed that we'd all be a lot safer if researchers would keep details about vulnerabilities to themselves, and stop arming hackers with offensive tools.
- The areas of troilism and coprophilia are covered in some detail to establish to what degree they belong to the deviation of voyeurism.
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
- The picture above demonstrates the details of a table cloth weaved with crochet hooks.