• • (British) IPA: /ˈdiːteɪl/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈditeɪl/, /dɪˈteɪl/
  • (British) IPA: /dɪˈteɪl/, /ˈdiːteɪl/
  • (America) IPA: /dɪˈteɪl/, /ˈditeɪl/

detail

1. (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

   Synonyms: minutia, technicality, trifle, triviality

   Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.

   We missed several important details in the contract.

2. (uncountable) A profusion of details.

   This etching is full of fine detail.

3. (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
4. A part considered trivial enough to ignore.

   I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.

5. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

   The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.

6. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

   Synonyms: contingent, detachment

7. An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
8. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
   • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 6, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC ↗:

     "I could never persuade myself to confide in him that event which was so often present to my recollection, but which I feared the detail to another would only impress more deeply."

9. (paintings) A selected portion of a painting.

   Synonyms: portion, section

• French: détail
• German: Detail, Einzelheit
• Italian: dettaglio, particolare
• Portuguese: detalhe, pormenor
• Russian: дета́ль
• Spanish: detalle

• French: détails
• German: Detail
• Portuguese: detalhe
• Russian: дета́ль
• Spanish: detalle

• French: détail
• German: Detail
• Italian: minuzia
• Portuguese: detalhe, minúcias, pormenor
• Russian: дета́ль
• Spanish: detalle

• French: coordonnées
• Portuguese: identificação

• French: détachement
• Portuguese: destacamento
• Russian: наря́д
• Spanish: destacamento

detail (details, present participle detailing; simple past and past participle detailed)

1. (transitive) To explain in detail.

   Synonyms: specify

   I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.

2. (transitive) To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles)

   We need to have the minivan detailed.

3. (transitive, military, law enforcement) To assign to a particular task.

   Synonyms: detach, second#Etymology_3

• French: détailler
• German: detaillisieren
• Italian: dettagliare
• Portuguese: detalhar, minuciar, esmiuçar, esquadrinhar
• Spanish: detallar, pormenorizar, puntualizar

• Russian: отдра́ивать

• Russian: отряди́ть