Dictionary Entry
detail
detail is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
- 2noun
A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- 3noun
The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
- 4noun
To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
- 5noun
To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
- 6noun
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
"several of the details are similar"
"a point of information"
- 7noun
extended treatment of particulars
"the essay contained too much detail"
- 8noun
a crew of workers selected for a particular task
"a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"
- 9noun
a temporary military unit
"the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
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- 10noun
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
"it was perfect in all details"
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- 11verb
assign to a specific task
"The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
- 12verb
provide details for
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