Synonyms for DETAIL
dɪˈteɪl, ˈdi teɪlde·tail

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1. detailverb

   to explain in detail

   I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.

   Synonyms:
   specify

2. detailnoun

   to assign to a particular task

   I don't concern myself with the details of accounting

   Synonyms:
   detach, triviality, trifle, technicality

3. detailnoun

   A person's name, address and other personal information.

   The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.

   Synonyms:
   particular

4. detailnoun

   Synonyms:
   detachment, contingent

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1. detail

   A circumstance (Latin circum, around, and sto, stand), is something existing or occurring in connection with or relation to some other fact or event, modifying or throwing light upon the principal matter without affecting its essential character; an accompaniment is something that unites with the principal matter, tho not necessary to it; as, the piano accompaniment to a song; a concomitant goes with a thing in natural connection, but in a subordinate capacity, or perhaps in contrast; as, cheerfulness is a concomitant of virtue. A circumstance is not strictly, nor usually, an occasion, condition, effect, or result. (See these words under CAUSE.) Nor is the circumstance properly an incident. (See under ACCIDENT.) We say, "My decision will depend upon circumstances" — not "upon incidents." That a man wore a blue necktie would not probably be the cause, occasion, condition, or concomitant of his committing murder; but it might be a very important circumstance in identifying him as the murderer. All the circumstances make up the situation. A certain disease is the cause of a man's death; his suffering is an incident; that he is in his own home, that he has good medical attendance, careful nursing, etc., are consolatory circumstances. With the same idea of subordination, we often say, "This is not a circumstance to that." So a person is said to be in easy circumstances. Compare EVENT.

   Synonyms:
   accompaniment, circumstance, concomitant, event, fact, feature, incident, item, occurrence, particular, point, position, situation

   Preposition:
   "Mere situation is expressed by 'in the circumstances'; action affected is performed 'under the circumstances.'" [Murray's "New English Dictionary"]

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1. detailverb

   Synonyms:
   particularize, enumerate, recount, individualize, sift, analyze, specify

   Antonyms:
   generalize, condense, conglomerate, gather, sketch, suggest abstract, classify, amalgamate

2. detailnoun

   Synonyms:
   element, component, particular, specialty, point

   Antonyms:
   account, statement, recital, totality, representation

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1. detail, item, pointnoun

   an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

   "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

   Synonyms:
   period, stage, power point, full point, gunpoint, pointedness, decimal point, degree, dot, percentage point, detail, peak, full stop, point, token, tip, particular, head, item, compass point, distributor point, breaker point, stop, point in time, spot, level, contingent

2. detail, particular, itemnoun

   a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

   "it was perfect in all details"

   Synonyms:
   contingent, particular proposition, item, detail, token, point, specific, particular

3. detailnoun

   extended treatment of particulars

   "the essay contained too much detail"

   Synonyms:
   contingent, particular, item, point

4. detailnoun

   a crew of workers selected for a particular task

   "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"

   Synonyms:
   contingent, particular, item, point

5. contingent, detailverb

   a temporary military unit

   "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

   Synonyms:
   detail, contingent, particular, item, point

6. detailverb

   provide details for

7. detailverb

   assign to a specific task

   "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"

Matched Categories

1. • Assign
   • Discussion
   • Elaborate
   • Gang

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1. detailverb

   Synonyms:
   relate, recount, narrate, rehearse, delineate, portray, depict, enumerate, particularize, describe, set forth

2. detailverb

   Synonyms:
   detach, send away

3. detailnoun

   Synonyms:
   account, narration, narrative, relation, recital

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1. detailverb

   Synonyms:
   particularize, enumerate

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1. List of paraphrases for "detail":

   details, detailed, retail, depth, drill, detalle, clarifications, precision, verbosity, clarification, particulars, accuracy, specifics, length, granularity, information

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1. DETAIL

   Synonyms:
   Diabetics Exposed to Telmisartan And EnalaprIL

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How to use DETAIL in a sentence?

1. Fuji Xerox:

   We will detail for our shareholders the enormous opportunity for Xerox to sell products directly into the growing Asia-Pacific market with sole and exclusive use of the valuable Xerox name, and a more efficient, better managed supply chain than exists with Fuji Xerox today.

2. Mark Hamillhas:

   I mean she was just so instantly ingratiating and funny and outspoken. She had a way of just being so brutally candid, i’d just met her but it was like talking to a person you’d known for ten years. She was telling me stuff about her stepfather, about her mom, about [her father] Eddie Fisher — it was just harrowing in its detail. I kept thinking, ‘Should I know this?’ I mean, I wouldn’t have shared that with somebody that I had trusted for years and years and years. But she was the opposite. She just sucked you into her world.

3. Anthony Gutman:

   We indicated to them (Arcadia) that clearly the potential buyer here did not have retail experience, we indicated that the proposal was highly preliminary and lacking in detail, we also indicated that the bidder here (Dominic Chappell) did have a history of bankruptcy.

4. Chicago Bears:

   You don't know if you can be happy, i don't want to go into detail about it, man, but anytime our guys make a play, man, I am going to be the first one to congratulate them and be happy.

5. W. S. Gilbert:

   Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.