Definitions
1.nounSomething small enough to escape casual notice."Note this fine detail in the lower left corner."
2.nounA profusion of details."This etching is full of fine detail."
3.nounThe small things that can escape casual notice.
4.nounSomething considered trivial enough to ignore."I don't concern myself with the details of accounting."
5.nounA person's name, address and other personal information."The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details."
6.noun(law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
7.nounAn individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
8.nounA narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
9.nounA selected portion of a painting
10.verbTo explain in detail."I'll detail the exact procedure to you later."
11.verbTo clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)"We need to have the minivan detailed."
12.verbTo assign to a particular task