Detail | Mean of detail in English Dictionary

/dɪˈteɪl/

• Noun
• a small part of something
1. Every/each detail of the wedding was carefully planned.
2. They designed every detail of the house.
3. He planned the party down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail. [=he planned everything about the party]
4. Don't sweat the details. [=don't worry about minor things]
• the small parts of something
1. the wooden box's fine carved detail
2. We admired the detail of the artist's work.
3. Use a small paintbrush for the detail work. [=decorative work or work done using small pieces]
4. The job requires attention to detail.
5. It is helpful to have a good eye for detail when you are building a house.
6. a filmmaker with an eye for detail
• a particular fact or piece of information about something or someone
1. The article provides further details.
2. You left out an important detail about their new baby: is it a girl or boy?
3. The novel is full of historical details.

• information about something or someone that is often specific or precise
1. The book includes a wealth of detail on living conditions aboard ships at that time.
2. The novel is full of historical detail.
3. The book covers the topic of grammar at a level of detail that most people would find boring.
• a special job that is given to a soldier or group of soldiers
1. They were assigned to security/maintenance detail.
2. working on a kitchen detail.
• to discuss or describe everything about something including the small or unimportant parts
1. The newspaper reports went into (great) detail about his political background.
2. I will try to tell the story without going into too much detail.
• including a lot of information about something
1. She explained in detail how they met.
2. We will discuss/examine/explore the plan in detail.
3. Please describe the scene in as much detail as you can. [=in a way that includes as much information as possible]
4. We will talk about this issue in more/further/greater detail tomorrow.
• Verb
• to state particular facts or information about (something)
1. The book details the series of events that led to the tragedy.
2. She wrote a letter detailing her complaints.
• to thoroughly clean (a car) in an attempt to make it look new
1. I am going to have the car detailed [=(Brit) valeted] before I try to sell it.
• to choose (a person or group of people) to do a special job
1. The Army has detailed him to investigate the complaints.
2. The infantry officer was detailed to another unit during maneuvers.