DETAILED

detailed, elaborate, elaborated

(adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail; “a detailed plan”; “the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion”- John Buchan; “the carefully elaborated theme”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

detailed (comparative more detailed, superlative most detailed)

Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.

Verb

detailed

simple past tense and past participle of detail

Proper noun

Detailed

The 41st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Source: Wiktionary


DETAIL

De"tail, n. Etym: [F. détail, fr. détailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. dé- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See Tailor.]

1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; - - used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. The details of the campaign in Italy. Motley.

2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

3. (Mil.)

Definition: The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.

– In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity.

Syn.

– Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.

De"tail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] Etym: [Cf. F. détailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, n.]

1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

Syn.

– Detail, Detach. Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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