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/detail/

-) Noun.

-) Plural: details.

-) Pronunciation and accent: dɪteɪl, or diːteɪl

-) Etymology: from French détail (action of detailing; piece cut off; detail); and, this one, from détailler (to cut in pieces; tell in detail), which is analysable into de- (from Latin dis- apart, to pieces) + taillier (to cut).

-) Documented since 1600.

-) 1. A manner of writing or speaking detailedly (circumstantially, part by part); a manner of particularizing a subject or theme, as if by cutting in several parts.

-) It is only found in the phrase IN DETAIL: part by part; minutely; in subdivisions; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.

-) Translation: detalle, in Spanish; en détail, in French; in dettaglio, in Italian.

Practical experience on the subject has enabled the author to mention, in detail, the vegetable staples, their prices and usual mart of sale.

W. Darby… The emigrant's guide… 1818

Having thus explained and introduced our subject at large, we are now prepared to treat it in detail.

The Family Magazine… 1843

… all these subjects are gracefully illustrated, not only from the writers who have treated them in detail, but also from the contemporary historians.

The Dublin Review… 1847

On the way to Botzen a part of the low ground is occupied by marsh; the scenery, however, is still most beautiful, […] with picturesque castles too numerous to mention in detail.

J. Murray… Southern Germany… 1857

-) 2. A detailed narrative; a relation, statement, etc., constituted by particulars or subordinate parts.

-) Antonyms of “detail”: brief, summary, synopsis, compendium, abridgement, abstract .

To exhibit a chronological detail of European discoveries in those distant parts of the globe, would be uninteresting to most readers.

J. Playfair… A System of Geography… 1803

… he wrote a detail of his voyage.

A. Chalmers… Biographical Dictionary… 1812

An historical detail of the interesting events.

J. Talbot… History of North America… 1820

In your detail of the vision which presented itself to you amid the hills, you have described, with the minutest accuracy, the Indian city of Benares.

Poe… A tale… 1844

During the time that I spent in Denmark, I had no thoughts of writing a detail of my experiences there. Hence, no preparations were made by me—no materials collected.

A. Hamilton… The Danish Isles… 1852

-) 3. A part or subordinate portion of a whole (or assemblage, complex, etc.), considered, or treated independently, without actual division. 

-) Antonym: whole.

-) Synonyms for “detail”: particular, part, portion.

-) Translation: detalle, in Spanish; détail, in French; dettaglio, in Italian.

A recent work by Dr. Turner […] has been of great utility. […] many of its details have been adopted.

B. Silliman… Elements of chemistry… 1830

I have said that I minutely remember the details of the chamber.

Poe… Ligeia… 1838

It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression.

Poe… The Fall… 1839

… the business is very simple indeed, and I make no doubt that we can manage it sufficiently well ourselves; but then I thought Dupin would like to hear the details of it, because it is so excessively odd.

Poe… The Purloined Letter… 1844

… their canopies are nearly alike, the difference being only in the detail of the ornaments. The pedestals intended to sustain the figures are remarkably elegant.

Moule… Winkles's Architectural… 1851

I did not stay to listen to the details of their petition, for I am unable to command myself on such occasions.

Kemble… Georgian Plantation… 1863

-) Words derived from Latin taillier: detail (n.), detailed, detailer, detailing, detailism, tail, tailor, tailorable, tailorability, tailordom, tailored, tailorhood, tailoring, tailorism, tailorize, tailorization, tailorless, tailorship, tailorly, retail, retailer.