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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Detailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detailing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See {Detail}, noun]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration. [PJC]
Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}.
Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
detailed \de*tailed"\ (d[-e]*t[=a]ld"), adjective
1. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, a detailed plan.
Syn: elaborate, elaborated. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Containing details; containing subordinate parts as well as more general discussion; -- of a discourse; as, a specific and detailed account of the accident. Opposite of {sketchy}, {general}, {vague}.
Syn: circumstantial, particularized, particularised. [WordNet 1.5]
3. having fine or intricate added decoration. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
detailed
adjective: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme" [syn: {elaborate}, {elaborated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "detailed": absolute, abundant, accurate, attentive, blow-by-blow, certain, circumstantial, close, complete, complex, complicated, comprehensive, concrete, conscientious, copious, correct, critical, defined, definite, delicate, demanding, determinate, different, distinct, distinguished, elaborate, esoteric, especial, exact, exacting, exceptional, exhausting, exhaustive, exigent, express, exquisite, extraordinary, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, fixed, full, fussy, inclusive, individual, inner, intimate, intricate, itemized, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, noteworthy, ornate, particular, particularized, personal, picayune, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, private, punctilious, punctual, refined, religious, respective, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, scrutinizing, several, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, strict, subtle, thorough, thoroughgoing
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