- detail
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ little, minor, minute, small, subtle, tiny▪
It is important to get even the small details right.
▪ considerable, fine, great, meticulous, painstaking▪Now let us examine this idea in greater detail.
▪Every new animal or plant found was recorded in meticulous detail.
▪ exact, explicit, precise▪I don't need to know the precise details of your quarrel.
▪ excruciating▪He described the event to his friends in excruciating detail.
▪ fascinating, interesting▪ colourful/colorful, vivid▪ juicy, salacious▪She was telling me all the juicy details of her love life.
▪ gory, graphic, grisly, gruesome, lurid, sordid▪I can still remember the accident in graphic detail.
▪ chilling, disturbing, shocking▪The report uncovers disturbing details of abuse.
▪ intimate▪The diary contains intimate details of their life together.
▪ complete, exhaustive, full▪We'll give you full details of how to enter our competition later.
▪ bare details, brief details, sketchy details▪I only know the barest details of his plans.
▪He only managed to give the police a few sketchy details of the robbery.
▪ crucial, essential, important, nitty-gritty (informal, esp. AmE), pertinent▪The book covers the nitty-gritty details of starting a business.
▪ insignificant, irrelevant, trivial▪ telling▪It was a small but telling detail.
▪ practical▪I haven't sorted out the practical details of getting there yet.
▪ complex, intricate▪ final▪Everyone must approve the basic plan before the final details are drawn up.
▪ concrete▪Can you give me some concrete details of how you've been saving money?
▪ mundane▪the mundane details of his daily life
▪ biographical, factual, historical, operational, personal, technical… OF DETAIL▪ point▪I must correct some points of detail in your article.
▪ wealth▪The book provides a wealth of detail on daily life in ancient China.
▪ level▪Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of detail.
VERB + DETAIL▪ give, go into, offer, present, provide, send, supply▪Do not give any technical details of the product at this stage.
▪I don't want to go into any more detail than necessary.
▪ disclose, divulge, pass on, release details, reveal▪The committee refused to disclose details of the proposals.
▪ share▪He had shared intimate details 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 detail in chapter seven.
▪ establish, finalize, iron out, work out, work sth out in▪We haven't yet worked out the travel details.
▪ discuss, hammer out, negotiate▪We still need to negotiate the details of the contract.
▪ handle▪Natalie handled the details of her travel.
▪ uncover▪Historians claim to have uncovered details 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 details.
▪ spare sb (informal)▪‘We had a terrible time—’ ‘Oh, spare me the details (= don't tell me any more).’
▪ contain, have, include▪Tomorrow's papers will contain full details of the case.
▪ show▪The receipt shows details of the item purchased.
▪ find out details, get details▪You can find out more details of the offer from your local travel agent.
▪ enter details▪Enter your details in the form below then click on ‘submit’.
▪ take details▪The secretary took my details and said they would get back to me.
▪ check, examine, study▪Make sure you check the details of the policy before you sign it.
▪ record▪The computer records the details of everyone entering the country.
▪ absorb, memorize▪She had memorized every detail of his body.
▪Ali absorbed every detail of the beautiful morning.
▪ omit▪ neglect, overlook▪He had overlooked one crucial detail.
▪ be lacking in, lack▪The speech was well delivered but lacking in detail.
▪ sweat the details (AmE, informal)▪He leaves experts to sweat the details (= worry about them).
▪ spill (informal, esp. AmE)▪Spill the gory details about your worst relationship.
▪ post details, publish (= on the Internet)▪Click here for more details posted by Ken.
▪ confirm▪They wrote to confirm the details of the meeting.
DETAIL + VERB▪ emerge▪New details are emerging on the alleged terror plot.
▪ suggest sth▪This detail suggests that the killer knew his victim.
▪ reveal sth, show sthPREPOSITION▪ for details▪For details contact Joanna Morland.
▪ in detail▪I haven't looked at the proposal in detail yet.
▪ over a/the detail▪They're still arguing over the details of the contract.
▪ detail about▪I won't go into detail about the threats she made.
▪ detail of▪She revealed the details of her plan.
▪ detail on▪For more detail on how to obtain a visa, see page 8.
▪ detail surrounding▪The details surrounding his death are not known.
PHRASES▪ attention to detail▪The secret of their success lies in their attention to detail.
▪ down to the last detail▪an expedition planned down to the last detail
▪ every last detail▪She remembered every last detail of what I'd told her the month before.
▪ an eye for detail▪He has an excellent eye for detail.
▪ full of detail▪Her short stories are full of detail and wit.
▪ a lack of detail▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The report was criticized for its lack of detail.
verbDetail is used with these nouns as the object: ↑plan
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
