Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.
Source: tatoeba (1954)
Detail
//ˈdi.teɪl//
Synonyms for "detail" (363 found)
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Closest matches (73)
contingentdetachminutiaparticularspecificsspecifyaccreditaccuracyadd upadduceadjunctage groupallocateallotamplifyanatomizeangleappointappropriateappropriate to
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appurtenancearmyarmy grouparticleaspectassignassign toatomizeattention to detailauthorizebackgroundbackground detailbandbattalionbatterybattle groupbevyblock outbodybreadthbrigadebunchcabalcadrecasecastcast upcataloguechargechartercipher upcircumstancecircumstantialitycircumstantiatecitecliquecohortcolumncombat commandcombat teamcommissioncommitcompanycomplementcompletecomponentcomprehensivelyconscientiousness
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (109)
consignconstituentcontentscorpscorrectnesscoteriecountcount upcoveycrewcriticalitycriticalnesscross sectioncrowddatumdecorative compositiondecorative styledefinedelegatedelicacy
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delineatedeputedeputizedescantdescend to particularsdescribedesigndestinedetachmentdetailsdevelopdevolutedevolvedevolve upondilatedivisiondocumentdoledutyearmarkelaborateelementempowerenlargeenlarge uponenter into detailentrustenumerateevolveexactingnessexactitudeexactnessexhaustivelyexpandexpatiateexplainexplicateexquisitenessfacetfactfactionfactorfatefatiguefeaturefield armyfield trainfigurefigure upfilefinicalityfinicalnessfinickinessfinickingnessfixingsfleetflying columnfoilfoot upforeground detailformfractionfussinessganggarrisongetgive full particularsgive in chargego intogroupgroupinggroupmentin detailin-groupincidentalindividualizeingredientingroupinside outinstallmentinstanceintegrantinventoryitem
Noun(1 words)
Related words (181)
item by itemitemizejuntakitchen policekplaborlegionlicenselistlotmake assignmentsmakingsmaniplemark offmark out formattermentionmeticulousnessminor detailminor thing
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minutenessminutiaemissionmobmotifmovementnamenarratenational stylenicenessnicetiesnicetynumberordainorganizationornamental motifout groupout-groupoutfitoutlinepackparcelparsepartpart and parcelparticularityparticularizeparticularlyparticularnessparticularspartypatternpeculiarizepeer grouppercentageperfectlyperiod stylepersonalizephalanxplatoonpointportionportion offpossepostpreciseprecisenessprecisianismprecisionpunctiliousnesspunctualityquadrantquarterquotarandom samplerankrecaprecapitulaterecitereckon uprecountrefinementregardregimentrehearserehearse in extensorelaterelate at largeremainderrepeated figurereportreserveresolverespectrestrictrestrict torigidnessrigorrigorousnesssalonsamplesamplingscanscheduleschematizescore upscrupulosityscrupulousnesssectionsectorsegmentsendsend outsetset apartset asideset offsettingsharesketchspecializespecialtyspecificspecificallyspecificationspell outsquadsquadronstablestipulatestrictnessstringstylesubdivisionsubgroupsubspeciessubstantiatesubtletysumsum upsummarizesummatetabulatetactical unittagtally uptask forceteamtechnicalitiestechnicalitytermthemethingthoroughlytot uptotaltotal uptote uptouchtraintransfertribetrooptroupeunfoldunitwarrantwingwork out
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1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
188 translations across 53 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تَفَاصِيل noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- تَفْصِيل noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- فَصَّلَ verb (to explain in detail)
Aragonese
1 entries- detalle noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Armenian
3 entries- մանրամաս noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- մանրամասներ noun (plural: personal information)
- մանրուք noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Asturian
1 entries- detalle noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təfərrüat noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Basque
1 entries- zehaztasun noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Belarusian
4 entries- дэта́ль noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- дэта́ль noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- падрабя́знасць noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- падро́бнасць noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дета́йл noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- дета́йл noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- дета́йлност noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- подро́бност noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Catalan
2 entries- detall noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detallar verb (to explain in detail)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 細節 /细节 noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Czech
3 entries- detail noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detail noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- podrobnost noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Danish
3 entries- detalje noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detalje noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- detaljer noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
Dutch
4 entries- detachement noun (military: temporary unit)
- detail noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detail noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- detail noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Esperanto
4 entries- detalaro noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- detalo noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- informoj noun (plural: personal information)
- roto noun (military: temporary unit)
Estonian
1 entries- täpselt selgitama verb (to explain in detail)
Extremaduran
1 entries- detalli noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Finnish
4 entries- detalji noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detalji noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- epäolennaisuus noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- henkilötiedot noun (plural: personal information)
French
4 entries- coordonnées noun (plural: personal information)
- détachement noun (military: temporary unit)
- détail noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- détail noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Galician
2 entries- detalle noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detallar verb (to explain in detail)
Georgian
2 entries- დეტალი noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- წვრილმანი noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
German
4 entries- Detail noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- Detail noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- Detail noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- Einzelheit noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Greek
3 entries- δεδομένα noun (plural: personal information)
- λεπτομέρεια noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- στοιχεία noun (plural: personal information)
Hebrew
3 entries- פרט noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- פרט noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- פרטים noun (plural: personal information)
Hindi
1 entries- ब्योरा noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Hungarian
4 entries- részlet noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- személyi adatok noun (plural: personal information)
- kirendel verb (military: to assign to a particular task)
- részletez verb (to explain in detail)
Icelandic
1 entries- smáatriði noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Indonesian
1 entries- rinci noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Interlingua
2 entries- detalio noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detaliar verb (to explain in detail)
Italian
4 entries- dettaglio noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- minuzia noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- particolare noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- dettagliare verb (to explain in detail)
Japanese
2 entries- 詳細 noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- 詳細に説明する verb (to explain in detail)
Kazakh
1 entries- деректеме noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thǖnìeh noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Khmer
2 entries- ភាពលំអិត noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- សេចក្តីលំអិត noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Lithuanian
4 entries- detalė noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detalė noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- smulkmena noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- smulkmena noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Macedonian
1 entries- детаљ noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Malay
4 entries- butiran noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- butiran noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- perincian noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- perincian noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
Middle English
1 entries- sleighte noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Māori
4 entries- mokamoka noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- mōhiohio noun (plural: personal information)
- mōhiohio whaiaro noun (plural: personal information)
- taipito noun (plural: personal information)
Occitan
1 entries- detalhar verb (to explain in detail)
Persian
1 entries- جزئیات noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Polish
4 entries- detal noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- drobnostka noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- szczegół noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- szczegół noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Portuguese
4 entries- destacamento noun (military: temporary unit)
- detalhe noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detalhe noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- detalhe noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Romanian
2 entries- amănunt noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detaliu noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Russian
4 entries- дета́ль noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- дета́ль noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- дета́ль noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- наря́д noun (military: temporary unit)
Spanish
4 entries- destacamento noun (military: temporary unit)
- detalle noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detalle noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- detalle noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Swedish
4 entries- detachement noun (military: temporary unit)
- detalj noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- detaljer noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- enskildhet noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Tagalog
3 entries- kasaliksikan noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- kasaliksikan noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- kasaliksikan noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Telugu
3 entries- వివరం noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- వివరం noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- విశదీకరించు verb (to explain in detail)
Thai
3 entries- รายละเอียด noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- รายละเอียด noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- แจกแจง verb (to explain in detail)
Turkish
3 entries- detay noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- teferruat noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- ayrıntılı bir şekilde anlatmak verb (to explain in detail)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дета́ль noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
- дета́ль noun (uncountable: a profusion of details)
- дета́ль noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
- докла́дність noun (part considered trivial enough to ignore)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chi tiết noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּרט noun (part small enough to escape casual notice)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Mountains in the ocean and even whole ranges are still being discovered, and most of them have not yet been explored in detail.
Source: tatoeba (22148)
The radio broadcast the news in detail.
Source: tatoeba (29799)
Would you explain it in more detail?
Source: tatoeba (31261)
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