facts / information
1 [C] a small individual fact or item; a less important fact or item:
an expedition planned down to the last detail * He stood still, absorbing every detail of the street. * Tell me the main points now; leave the details till later.
2 [U] the small facts or features of sth, when you consider them all together:
This issue will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter. * The research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail. * The sketch was from memory but he had an eye for detail (= noticed and remembered small details). * The fine detail of the plan has yet to be worked out.
3 (details) [pl.] information about sth:
Please supply the following details: name, age and sex. * Further details and booking forms are available on request. * They didn't give any details about the game. * 'We had a terrible time-' 'Oh, spare me the details (= don't tell me any more).'
small parts
4 [C,U] 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 detail in it
soldiers
5 [C] a group of soldiers given special duties
IDIOMS
go into detail(s) to explain sth fully:
I can't go into details now; it would take too long.
Part of speech: verb
give facts / information
1 [VN] to give a list of facts or all the available information about sth:
The brochure details all the hotels in the area and their facilities.
order soldier
2 [oftenpassive] to give an official order to sb, especially a soldier, to do a particular task:
[VNtoinf] Several of the men were detailed to form a search party. [also VN]
clean car
3 [VN] (AmE) to clean a car extremely thoroughly:
He got work for a while detailing cars.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for detail is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is detail a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, detail is tagged as noun.
Does detail appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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