Detail is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 154 anagrams from letters in detail (adeilt).
Definitions for detail
noun
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an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
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particulars collectively; minutiae.
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attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts:
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intricate, finely wrought decoration.
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Engineering. detail drawing.
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any small section of a larger structure or whole, considered as a unit.
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Military.
an appointment or assignment, as of a small group or an officer, for a special task.
the party or person so selected:
a particular assignment of duty.
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the property of an image or of a method of image production to make small, closely spaced image elements individually distinguishable.
Idioms
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in detail, item by item; with particulars:
verb (used with object)
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to relate or report with complete particulars; tell fully and distinctly.
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to mention one by one; specify; list:
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Military. to appoint or assign for some particular duty:
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to provide with intricate, finely wrought decoration:
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to thoroughly clean (a vehicle or part of a vehicle) and do minor repairs to improve its appearance:
Origin of detail
1595-1605; French détail, Old French, noun derivative of detailler ‘to cut in pieces’, equivalent to de- dis-1 + tailler ‘to cut’ Vulgar Latin *taliāre; see
Examples for detail
The charm of the place does not lie so much in detail as in broad effects.
It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
I do not propose to speak in detail of the dinner that followed.
He goes into some detail into what it took to persuade voters to pass marriage equality at the ballot box in four states in 2012.
We must study our parents' opinions in the main, but not in points of detail.
It will not be necessary to repeat in detail the course of my examination.
Whatever Chip did he did thoroughly, with no slurring of detail.
Every detail was not only perfect but itself a piece of art.
He was obsessed with detail and had a slow, meandering style.
His detail seeking in our meetings is compulsive and a little nuts.