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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
KP, army, assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, 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
Representatives for West Point and the Association of Graduates did not provide additional details on why the ceremony was called off or whether a rescheduled date is being considered.
A security detail was seen outside Harris’ Brentwood home by a Fox 11 helicopter as the station broke the story of the use of L.A. police earlier this week.
Three of them included “X” placeholders instead of specific information about locations or names or details for the arrests.
Wednesday’s obsession with her writing and her continued futzing with her novel isn’t a minor detail that’s dropped in for character color and then forgotten.
“The devil is in the details,” Tan said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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