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detail
noun as in feature, specific aspect
Strong matches
ABCs, accessory, component, count, cue, dope, factor, fraction, item, minutia, nicety, nitty-gritty, particular, peculiarity, point, portion, respect, singularity, specialty, specification, technicality, trait, trivia, triviality
noun as in military troop
Strong matches
army, assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, KP, organization, party, squad, unit
Weak matches
verb as in specify, make clear
Strongest matches
analyze, delineate, depict, describe, enumerate, lay out, portray, recount, relate, reveal, set forth, spell out, stipulate, summarize, tell, uncover
Strong matches
catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, designate, elaborate, embellish, epitomize, exhibit, individualize, itemize, narrate, particularize, produce, recapitulate, recite, rehearse, report, show, specialize, spread
Weak matches
fly speck, get down to brass tacks, quote chapter and verse, sweat details
Example Sentences
Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice on Thursday as details of a sexual misconduct report rattled members of his own party.
She said that many details in the heroine’s life – “her speaking tube, her scars, her tattoos, her hairdresser” – came directly from what she told Ms Dahdouh.
So, at both ends it is a case of minor details; mistakes at the back, profligate finishing up front.
“I think he has taken a very smart approach,” former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba told me, “by clearly setting out the goal – ‘I’m going to fix it’ – but without getting into details.”
Stay with us for further details on this developing story.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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