detailとは

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːˌteɪl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdiˌteɪl/, [ˈdiˌtʰeɪɫ], /dɪˈteɪl/
• 韻: -eɪl

名詞

detail (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 details)

1. (countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.

   Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.

   We missed several important details in the contract.

2. (uncountable) A profusion of details.
   • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:

     Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

   This etching is full of fine detail.

3. (uncountable) The small things that can escape casual notice.
   • 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Attention to detail was said to be one of the secrets of Gerrard's success as a player.

4. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

   I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.

5. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

   The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.

6. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
7. A part distinct from the whole.
   • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

     WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.

8. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

同意語

• (something considered trivial enough to ignore): minutia, technicality, trifle, triviality
• (personal information): particulars
• (military: temporary unit): contingent, detachment

派生語

• in detail
• detail-oriented

参考

• deets
• overview
• bird's-eye view
• big picture

動詞

detail (三人称単数 現在形 details, 現在分詞 detailing, 過去形および過去分詞形 detailed)

1. (transitive) to explain in detail

   I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.

   • 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:

     It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world.

2. (transitive) (US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car) ([ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ])

   We need to have the minivan detailed.

3. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task

同意語

• (to explain in detail): specify
• (military: to assign to a particular task): detach

派生語

• detailing

アナグラム

• atelid, dilate, tailed

動詞

de-tail (三人称単数 現在形 de-tails, 現在分詞 de-tailing, 過去形および過去分詞形 de-tailed)

1. (transitive) To remove the tail from.
   • 1962, Fisheries Bulletin (issues 1-11, page 69)

     In addition, six or eight "freezer-boats," which originally had been commissioned for general fishing, were modified by installing improved refrigeration, thus enabling the whole de-tailing and freezing process to be carried out on board.

   • 2014, Cameron Elliott, Camp Hero: Where Time Travel Began, page 63:

     "The fish has been beheaded, de-tailed, de-boned and is ready for de-frying pan," his Dad announced in a really bad Italian accent.