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say it: di-TAYL
detail is a noun and verb meaning "an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole". It carries 7 recorded senses.
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
“several of the details are similar”
“a point of information”
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
“it was perfect in all details”
a crew of workers selected for a particular task
“a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees”
a temporary military unit
“the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent”
military
provide details for
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for detail come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.