detail

  1. Noun.  (countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) A profusion of details.
  3. Noun.  Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
  5. Noun.  (military) A temporary unit or assignment.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) to explain in detail.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) (''US'' (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car).
  8. Verb.  (transitive) (military) to assign to a particular task.

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