To divide or set off; specifically, to set apart for a particular service; appoint to a separate duty: chiefly in military use: as, to detail a corporal's guard for fatigue duty or as an escort; to detail an officer.
To relate, report, or narrate in particulars; recite the particulars of; particularize; tell fully and distinctly: as, to detail all the facts in due order.
To give details or particulars about something.
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The service on which one is detailed.
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An individual part; an item; a particular: as, the account is accurate in all its details; the point objected to is an unimportant detail; collectively (without a plural), particulars; particulars considered separately and in relation to the whole: as, a matter of detail.
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In the fine arts, etc., a relatively small, subordinate, and particular part, as distinguished from a general conception or from larger parts or effects; also, such parts collectively (in the singular).
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A minute account; a narrative or report of particulars: as, he gave a detail of all the transaction.
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Milit., the selection of an individual or a body of troops for a particular service; the person or persons so selected; a detachment.
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Individually; part by part.
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Synonyms Relation, recital.
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Squad.