detail
verb/ˈdiːteɪl/
/ˈdiːteɪl/, /dɪˈteɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they detail | /ˈdiːteɪl/ /ˈdiːteɪl/, /dɪˈteɪl/ |
| he / she / it details | /ˈdiːteɪlz/ /ˈdiːteɪlz/, /dɪˈteɪlz/ |
| past simple detailed | /ˈdiːteɪld/ /ˈdiːteɪld/, /dɪˈteɪld/ |
| past participle detailed | /ˈdiːteɪld/ /ˈdiːteɪld/, /dɪˈteɪld/ |
| -ing form detailing | /ˈdiːteɪlɪŋ/ /ˈdiːteɪlɪŋ/, /dɪˈteɪlɪŋ/ |
- detail something to give a list of facts or all the available information about something
- The brochure details all the hotels in the area and their facilities.
- In this lecture, I will detail the history of television from the beginning.
- to detail your experiences/plans/activities
- Of the factors detailed above, supply and demand are the primary forces behind interest rate levels.
- [often passive] to give an official order to somebody, especially a soldier, to do a particular task
- be detailed (to do something) Several of the men were detailed to form a search party.
- detail something (North American English) to clean a car carefully and completely
- He got work for a while detailing cars.
give facts/information
order soldier
clean car
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘minor items or events regarded collectively’): from French détail (noun), détailler (verb), from dé- (expressing separation) + tailler ‘to cut’ (based on Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’).
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