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Definition of Detail
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Detail
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. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order. To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron. A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower. A detail drawing. Related Definitions:
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Detail Quotations
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail. David O. Selznick My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Adam Weishaupt We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. Robert Welch |
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Detail Translations
detail in Afrikaans is besonderheid, detail detail in Danish is enkelthed detail in Dutch is bijzonderheid, item, detail detail in German is Einzelheit, Detail, zuteilen, zuweisen, Detail detail in Italian is dettaglio detail in Norwegian is detalj detail in Portuguese is detalhe detail in Spanish is adjudicar, detalle, asignar, pormenor detail in Swedish is detalj |
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