Detail

Quick meaning: Detail is a noun meaning (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

Meaning

(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A profusion of details.
2. (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
3. A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
4. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
5. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
6. An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
7. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

Example Sentences

attention to detail

This etching is full of fine detail.

Safety at work is not a mere detail.

Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.

Word Forms

• details
• detailing
• detailed

Synonyms for detail

Depending on context, synonyms include minutia, technicality, trifle, triviality, contingent, detachment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include particular, point, contingent, item, partial, nuance.

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