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/dɪtˈeɪlɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Detail v. t. (past & past part. detailed; pres. part. detailing)

To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

(Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.

Synonyms: Detail, Detach. Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.

noun

detailing n.

Description of something in detail.

Synonyms: particularization.

Thorough cleaning, esp. of the interior of automobiles.

Synonyms: detailed cleaning.

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Etymology of 'Detailing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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