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prep_phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Thoroughly; including every detail; with all particulars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I do not understand it; please explain it to me in detail.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep_phrase

Meaning 2

By engaging small sections of an enemy army rather than fighting a single pitched battle against the entire enemy force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • Darius defeated the rebels in detail.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

thoroughly (including all important particulars)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he studied the snake in detail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِالتَّفْصِيل (bi-t-tafṣīl) — with all particulars
  • Arabic: تَفْصِيلًا (tafṣīlan) — with all particulars
  • Armenian: մանրամասն (manramasn) — with all particulars
  • Azerbaijani: təfsilən — with all particulars
  • Belarusian: падрабя́зна (padrabjázna) — with all particulars
  • Bulgarian: подро́бно (podróbno) — with all particulars
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詳細地 /详细地 (xiángxì de) — with all particulars
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詳盡地 /详尽地 (xiángjìn de) — with all particulars
  • Esperanto: detale — with all particulars
  • Finnish: yksityiskohtaisesti — with all particulars
  • French: en détail — with all particulars
  • French: par le menu — with all particulars
  • German: ausführlich — with all particulars
  • German: in allen Einzelheiten — with all particulars
  • German: detailliert — with all particulars
  • Italian: nei dettagli — with all particulars
  • Italian: in dettaglio — with all particulars
  • Japanese: 詳しく (kuwashiku) — with all particulars
  • Japanese: 詳細に (shōsai ni) — with all particulars
  • Korean: 자세히 (jasehi) — with all particulars
  • Latin: nōminātim — with all particulars
  • Persian: با جزئیات (bâ joz'iyât) — with all particulars
  • Persian: دقیقاً (daqiqan) — with all particulars
  • Persian: مفصلاً (mofassalan) — with all particulars
  • Polish: szczegółowo — with all particulars
  • Portuguese: em detalhes — with all particulars
  • Portuguese: detalhadamente — with all particulars
  • Romanian: în detaliu — with all particulars
  • Russian: подро́бно (podróbno) — with all particulars
  • Russian: обстоя́тельно (obstojátelʹno) — with all particulars
  • Russian: в дета́лях (v detáljax) — with all particulars
  • Russian: дета́льно (detálʹno) — with all particulars
  • Spanish: en detalle — with all particulars
  • Spanish: con detenimiento — with all particulars
  • Swedish: utförligt — with all particulars
  • Turkish: ayrıntılı bir şekilde — with all particulars
  • Turkish: detaylı bir şekilde — with all particulars
  • Turkish: detaylıca — with all particulars
  • Turkish: etraflıca — with all particulars
  • Ukrainian: докла́дно (dokládno) — with all particulars
  • Ukrainian: наро́здріб (narózdrib) — with all particulars
  • Ukrainian: дета́льно (detálʹno) — with all particulars