Meaning

• Something small enough to escape casual notice.

  "Note this fine detail in the lower left corner."

• A profusion of details.

  "This etching is full of fine detail."

• The small things that can escape casual notice.

• Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

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

• A person's name, address and other personal information.

  "The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details."

• (law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

• An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.

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

• A selected portion of a painting

Meaning

• To explain in detail.

  "I'll detail the exact procedure to you later."

• To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)

  "We need to have the minivan detailed."

• To assign to a particular task