Definition of detail
- n. - 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.
- n. - A narrative which relates minute points; an account which
dwells on particulars.
- n. - The selection for a particular service of a person or a
body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
- n. - To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all
the facts in due order.
- n. - To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an
officer, a troop, or a squadron.