detail
/dɪˈteɪl/ verb B2- To explain in detail. · I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.
- To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles, always pronounced /ˈdiːteɪl/) · We need to have the minivan detailed.
- To assign to a particular task.
He/she/it details · Past detailed · Past participle detailed · -ing form detailing
Verb forms
- Base form
- detail
- He/she/it
- details
- Past
- detailed
- Past participle
- detailed
- -ing form
- detailing
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The African sun flooded through the big, curtainless windows, and every detail of the great, bare, whitewashed dormitory stood out hard and clear.
“With regard to our transaction, you will no doubt have observed by now that one essential detail is missing.
Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat silent, while his eyes travelled round and round and up and down, taking in every detail of the apartment.
Watson has not heard the opening part but also because the peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to have every possible detail from your lips.
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