adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
meticulous detail (= very careful detail )
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His books describe the mountains and their paths in meticulous detail.
meticulous planning (= very careful planning of every detail )
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Success had been achieved through the meticulous planning of their leader.
meticulous preparation (= extremely careful not to miss any details )
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The robbery took place after months of meticulous preparation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attention
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In managing the acute wound one needs to pay meticulous attention to detail.
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Epoc stands for Evening Primrose Oil Company, where meticulous attention is given to every detail of cultivation and production.
care
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Wasn't it she who pasted them with meticulous care into the cuttings-book which Stella so affected to despise!
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Like these elements, it should be handled with meticulous care .
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It has all been planned with meticulous care .
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She had to swallow hard, and study the calendar opposite with meticulous care , to avoid actual tears.
detail
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Clough's particular strength lay in the meticulous detail in which he recorded field data.
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To be successful it should be applied in meticulous detail .
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All Einstein's works, great and small, are discussed and documented in meticulous detail .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a meticulous manager
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He would listen to each reply, making meticulous notes as he went.
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My mother was extremely meticulous and always made sure that every room in the house was spotlessly clean.
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Our accountant is very meticulous about his work. I can't imagine him ever making a mistake.
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This beautiful piece of jewellery is the work of a meticulous craftsman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clough's particular strength lay in the meticulous detail in which he recorded field data.
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Flamsteed, meticulous to a fault, had spent forty years mapping the heavens-and had still not released his data.
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Geoff, who now runs a successful computer software company, is meticulous about the detail throughout his home.
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He was also a meticulous parliamentary diarist, providing the fullest known account of debates in 1626, 1628, and 1629.
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Hickey was nothing if not meticulous , and he had a flair for obscuring bad news in a fog of pieties.
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Massachusetts officials kept meticulous records of trials.
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The interest was again chiefly rhythmic and required the most meticulous playing by all sections in the orchestra.