DETAILS
details, inside information
(noun) true confidential information; “after the trial he gave us the real details”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
details
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detail
Noun
details
plural of detail
Synonyms
• brass tacks, deets, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts; See also gist
Anagrams
• Tisdale, alestid, atelids, dilates, laidest, salited
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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