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details

details

5 1.4
Small pieces of information about exact facts or a situation
  • noun
  • /ˈdiːteɪlz/
translation icon : detalles
  • She shared all the details of her trip to Europe with her friends.

And we're going to give you more details of this next week.

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Examples

  • And that post will have all the details on how to enter.

    Dr. Becky

  • And we're going to give you more details of this next week.

    ZOE

  • I love all these details on this dress.

  • So check it out and get more details at the link below.

  • And it's hard to believe that details matter so much.

    Lex Fridman

  • Now I feel like all of the details make sense.

    cari can read

  • Yeah, and the details just are spot on.

  • And I don't know the full details of the airport.

  • Well, I don't know about the precise details, but he knew it was coming.

  • WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP.

    House of the Dead 2 (2006)

Synonyms

information
vsdetails
∞ 1.0

Facts and details that tell you about a person or thing

is narrower and focuses on specific, often private or precise facts
info
vsdetails
  • Informal
349 1.2

Facts and details about people or things, often short

is used for precise facts rather than short casual summaries
deets
vsdetails
  • Slang
9.9

Small facts about a plan, event, or person

is used more formally and in official or polite contexts

Idioms

the devil is in the details
1 7.6

Small, often overlooked parts of a plan can cause big problems

to sweat the details
  • Informal
1 6.7

To worry too much about small, unimportant things

How Specific

fact
∞ 1.0
details
5 1.4
information
∞ 1.0
background
365 2.6

Surface Forms

detail singular
details plural

Morphology

details = detail (transparent) = detail + s

A regular plural formation from the noun 'detail'; meaning is directly the plural of 'detail'.

Etymology

The word details comes from an old French verb that meant 'to cut into pieces', formed from de- 'off' and tailler 'to cut'. So, think of details as the small 'cut' parts of a bigger thing, and you can see the same idea in retail 'selling in small parts', which is why details now means the small facts or private pieces of information about something.