Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - detail

(details, detailing, detailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The details of something are its individual features or elements. The details of the plan are still being worked out... I recall every detail of the party. N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n 2. Details about someone or something are facts or pieces of information about them. See the bottom of this page for details of how to apply for this exciting offer... N-PLURAL: oft N of n/wh, adj N 3. A detail is a minor point or aspect of something, as opposed to the central ones. Only minor details now remain to be settled. N-COUNT: oft adj N 4. You can refer to the small features of something which are often not noticed as detail. We like his attention to detail and his enthusiasm. N-UNCOUNT 5. A detail of a picture is a part of it that is printed separately and perhaps made bigger, so that smaller features can be clearly seen. N-COUNT 6. If you detail things, you list them or give information about them. The report detailed the human rights abuses committed during the war. VERB: V n 7. If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly. He said he had been in various parts of Britain but did not go into details... PHRASE: V inflects 8. If you examine or discuss something in detail, you do it thoroughly and carefully. We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text. PHRASE