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details

/dɪˈteɪlz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Something small enough to escape casual notice.
  2. A profusion of details.
  3. The small things that can escape casual notice.
  4. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
  5. A person's name, address and other personal information.
  6. (law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
  7. To explain in detail.
  8. To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)
  9. To assign to a particular task

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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