go into detail Definition

detail
noun

1. A small feature, fact or item.

Thesaurus: part, item, portion, particular, specific, trait, element, feature, datum, aspect, minutia, intricacy, complexity, singularity.
2. Something considered unimportant.
3. All the small features and parts of something considered as a whole.

Example: an artist's eye for detail
4. A part of a painting, map, photograph, etc considered separately, often enlarged to show small features.
5. military.
A group of eg soldiers given a special task or duty.
Thesaurus: squad, detachment, patrol, brigade, corps, unit, body, party, task force.

verb detailed, detailing

1. To describe or list fully.

Thesaurus: itemize, particularize, catalogue, enumerate, show, report, tell, recount, recapitulate.
2. To appoint someone to do a particular task.

Thesaurus: appoint, assign, dispatch, delegate, charge, commission.

Derivative: detailed

Said of a list, etc: itemized.

Said of a story, picture, etc: intricate.
Thesaurus: specific, exact, thorough, comprehensive, exhaustive, elaborate, particular, intricate, meticulous; Antonym: sketchy, general, cursory.

Idiom: in detail

Giving or looking at all the details.

Idiom: go into detail

To study, discuss, etc, a matter deeply, considering the particulars.

Etymology: 17c: from French detailler to cut up.