Synonym: assign, commission, delegate, division, dwell on, elaborate, fraction, fragment, itemize, part, portion, segment. Similar words: detailed, in detail, retail, retailer, retain, retaining, detect, vendetta. Meaning: ['diːteɪl] 
n. 1. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole 2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole 3. extended treatment of particulars 4. a crew of workers selected for a particular task 5. a temporary military unit. v. 1. provide details for 2. assign to a specific task.
n. 1. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole 2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole 3. extended treatment of particulars 4. a crew of workers selected for a particular task 5. a temporary military unit. v. 1. provide details for 2. assign to a specific task. 
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181. I agree with the substance of what you say/with what you say in substance, but differ on points of detail.
182. Too much background detail tends to lessen the impact of the central image.
183. A sergeant with a detail of four men came into view.
184. I agree with what she said in substance, though not with every detail.
185. It was very sharp of you to notice that detail straight away.
186. It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing.
187. The employees were asked to detail their complains and grievances.
188. In naturalistic novels such inessential things as a minor character's physiognomy and costume are depicted in minute detail.
189. The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author.
190. Gray describes in dramatic and spellbinding detail the lives of these five ladies.
191. The wealth of detail in his book really brings it alive.
192. In the third year a number of areas are studied in detail.
193. She keeps house industriously and frugally and niggles over every detail of each bill.
194. One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail.
195. They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.
196. I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
197. The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.
198. The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.
199. Cliff didn't want to bother himself with masses of detail.
200. You could have improved your answers by closer attention to detail.
201. Finally he remembered the tiny detail that had eluded him the night before.
202. I've flagged the paragraphs that we need to look at in more detail.
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203. It wearies me to have to explain everything in such detail.
204. His work is characterized by lack of attention to detail.
205. His canoes are known for their style, fine detail and craftsmanship.
206. Hegel's philosophy will be examined in detail in Chapter 4.
207. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.
208. She remembered everything in minute detail / in the minutest detail.
209. We got bogged down in a morass of detail and bureaucratic red tape.
210. The book goes into recent work in greater detail than I have attempted here.