detail
A part small enough to escape casual notice.
Noun 4 meanings
A part small enough to escape casual notice.
“Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.”
A profusion of details.
“This etching is full of fine detail.”
The small parts that can escape casual notice.
A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
“I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.”
Verb 3 meanings
To explain in detail.
“I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.”
To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles, always pronounced /ˈdiːteɪl/)
“We need to have the minivan detailed.”
To assign to a particular task.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”). Compare typologically Bulgarian подробност (podrobnost), Czech podrobnost, Russian подро́бность (podróbnostʹ) (akin to дроби́ть (drobítʹ)).
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DETAIL at a glance
DETAIL has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + T 1 + A 1 + I 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,564 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with detail
All rhymesOne letter away
- RETAIL6
- DETAIN7
- DERAIL7
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