detailnoun
uk/ˈdiː.teɪl/us/dɪˈteɪl/detail noun (INFORMATION)
B1 [ C ] a single piece of information or fact about something:
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- I'll send you a fax with the details of the proposal.
- Did you send off for details of the competition?
- For further details, call our Freephone number.
- Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.
- The student handbook gives details of all courses.
A2 information about someone or something:
[ U ] the small features of something that you only notice when you look carefully:
B1 including or considering all the information about something or every part of something:
B2 to tell or include all the facts about something:
[ C ] a part of something that does not seem important:
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- The model of the village is accurate down to the last detail.
- He forgot to tell you one important detail - he's married.
- It's only a detail, but could you just add the office phone number at the top of the page?
- Her paintings are almost photographic in their detail and accuracy.
- There is one small detail you've got wrong in your report.
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Conditions and characteristics
- -ance
- -ancy
- ability
- ambience
- attribute
- character
- complexion
- condition
- feature
- hallmark
- karma
- lineament
- local colour
- middle name
- mien
- nature
- resonate
- respect
- savour
- smack
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detail noun (GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who have been given a particular task
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- artillery
- bomb squad
- command
- commissariat
- corps
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the Marine Corps
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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detailverb
uk/ˈdiː.teɪl/us/dɪˈteɪl/detail verb (GIVE INFORMATION)
[ T ] to describe something completely, giving all the facts:
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Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- broaden
- complicate
- depth
- dilate
- dilate on/upon sth
- dumb
- enlarge on/upon sth
- expand
- expand on sth
- expansive
- expatiate
- flesh
- flesh sth out
- oversimplify
- predigested
- reductive
- simplify
- spec
- split
- standardize
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detail verb (ORDER)
[ T + to infinitive, often passive ] to order someone, often a small group of soldiers or workers, to perform a particular task:
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- bade
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
- stick
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detail verb (CLEAN CAR)
[ T ] US to clean the inside and outside of a vehicle very carefully: