DETAILS

details, inside information

(noun) true confidential information; “after the trial he gave us the real details”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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