DETAIL


Meaning of DETAIL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ little , minor , minute , small , subtle , tiny

It is important to get even the small ~s right.

▪ considerable , fine , great , meticulous , painstaking

Now let us examine this idea in greater ~.

Every new animal or plant found was recorded in meticulous ~.

▪ exact , explicit , precise

I don't need to know the precise ~s of your quarrel.

▪ excruciating

He described the event to his friends in excruciating ~.

▪ fascinating , interesting

▪ colourful/colorful , vivid

▪ juicy , salacious

She was telling me all the juicy ~s of her love life.

▪ gory , graphic , grisly , gruesome , lurid , sordid

I can still remember the accident in graphic ~.

▪ chilling , disturbing , shocking

The report uncovers disturbing ~s of abuse.

▪ intimate

The diary contains intimate ~s of their life together.

▪ complete , exhaustive , full

We'll give you full ~s of how to enter our competition later.

▪ bare ~s , brief ~s , sketchy ~s

I only know the barest ~s of his plans.

He only managed to give the police a few sketchy ~s of the robbery.

▪ crucial , essential , important , nitty-gritty ( informal , esp. AmE ), pertinent

The book covers the nitty-gritty ~s of starting a business.

▪ insignificant , irrelevant , trivial

▪ telling

It was a small but telling ~.

▪ practical

I haven't sorted out the practical ~s of getting there yet.

▪ complex , intricate

▪ final

Everyone must approve the basic plan before the final ~s are drawn up.

▪ concrete

Can you give me some concrete ~s of how you've been saving money?

▪ mundane

the mundane ~s of his daily life

▪ biographical , factual , historical , operational , personal , technical

… OF DETAIL

▪ point

I must correct some points of ~ in your article.

▪ wealth

The book provides a wealth of ~ on daily life in ancient China.

▪ level

Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of ~.

VERB + DETAIL

▪ give , go into , offer , present , provide , send , supply

Do not give any technical ~s of the product at this stage.

I don't want to go into any more ~ than necessary.

▪ disclose , divulge , pass on , release ~s , reveal

The committee refused to disclose ~s of the proposals.

▪ share

He had shared intimate ~s of his life with a stranger.

▪ explain , lay out , lay sth out in , set out , set sth out in , spell out , spell sth out in

Details of the pension plan are set out below.

The rules are set out in ~ in chapter seven.

▪ establish , finalize , iron out , work out , work sth out in

We haven't yet worked out the travel ~s.

▪ discuss , hammer out , negotiate

We still need to negotiate the ~s of the contract.

▪ handle

Natalie handled the ~s of her travel.

▪ uncover

Historians claim to have uncovered ~s of the writer's secret affair.

▪ hear , learn , read

▪ fill sb in on

I'll give you a call later and fill you in on the ~s.

▪ spare sb ( informal )

‘We had a terrible time—’ ‘Oh, spare me the ~s (= don't tell me any more) .’

▪ contain , have , include

Tomorrow's papers will contain full ~s of the case.

▪ show

The receipt shows ~s of the item purchased.

▪ find out ~s , get ~s

You can find out more ~s of the offer from your local travel agent.

▪ enter ~s

Enter your ~s in the form below then click on ‘submit’.

▪ take ~s

The secretary took my ~s and said they would get back to me.

▪ check , examine , study

Make sure you check the ~s of the policy before you sign it.

▪ record

The computer records the ~s of everyone entering the country.

▪ absorb , memorize

She had memorized every ~ of his body.

Ali absorbed every ~ of the beautiful morning.

▪ omit

▪ neglect , overlook

He had overlooked one crucial ~.

▪ be lacking in , lack

The speech was well delivered but lacking in ~.

▪ sweat the ~s ( AmE , informal )

He leaves experts to sweat the ~s ( = worry about them ).

▪ spill ( informal , esp. AmE )

Spill the gory ~s about your worst relationship.

▪ post ~s , publish (= on the Internet)

Click here for more ~s posted by Ken.

▪ confirm

They wrote to confirm the ~s of the meeting.

DETAIL + VERB

▪ emerge

New ~s are emerging on the alleged terror plot.

▪ suggest sth

This ~ suggests that the killer knew his victim.

▪ reveal sth , show sth

PREPOSITION

▪ for ~s

For ~s contact Joanna Morland.

▪ in ~

I haven't looked at the proposal in ~ yet.

▪ over a/the ~

They're still arguing over the ~s of the contract.

▪ ~ about

I won't go into ~ about the threats she made.

▪ ~ of

She revealed the ~s of her plan.

▪ ~ on

For more ~ on how to obtain a visa, see page 8.

▪ ~ surrounding

The ~s surrounding his death are not known.

PHRASES

▪ attention to ~

The secret of their success lies in their attention to ~.

▪ down to the last ~

an expedition planned down to the last ~

▪ every last ~

She remembered every last ~ of what I'd told her the month before.

▪ an eye for ~

He has an excellent eye for ~.

▪ full of ~

Her short stories are full of ~ and wit.

▪ a lack of ~

The report was criticized for its lack of ~.

II.

verb

Detail is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ chapter , ↑ document , ↑ page , ↑ report

Detail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ plan

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .