with a lot of details► detailed a detailed description, explanation, picture etc contains a lot of details: · The police have issued a detailed description of the man they are looking for.· Do you have a more detailed map of the area?· Her biography is clear, detailed, and illuminating.
► in detail if you discuss or consider something in detail , you discuss or consider all the details: · I haven't had time to look at the plans in detail yet.in more/greater detail: · This problem is discussed in more detail in Chapter 7.in great detail: · Fortunately, she was able to describe her attacker in great detail.in some detail: · The layout of the house had been described to me in some detail.
► elaborate carefully produced and full of details: · The diaries have been published in one volume, with elaborate biographical notes by Professor Emson.· The lawyer had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what happened.an elaborate excuse: · She had prepared an elaborate excuse for her absence.
► go into detail/details to include a lot of details when you are describing or explaining something: · Without going into detail, I can tell you that we have had a very successful year.· Be brief. If you go into too much detail people will get bored.· Chapter 1 is a brief outline of the process, then the next chapter goes into all the technical details.
► specify to state something exactly and with full details, so that what you want, what must be done etc is completely clear: · The order specifies a December deadline for completion of the work.specify that: · The rules clearly specify that competitors are not allowed to accept payment.specify which/where/ how etc: · Architects usually specify which particular hardwood they want to use.
► blow-by-blow account a full and detailed description of an event, in which everything that happened is described in correct order - use this especially when you want to say that this is boring and unnecessary: · His memoirs are simply a blow-by-blow account of battles, and contain very little personal comment or reflection.
► in-depth thorough, and giving as much detail as possible: · The committee has ordered an in-depth study of juvenile crime.· We shall be conducting a series of in-depth interviews with economic experts.· The aim of the neighbourhood studies was to obtain in-depth information from a number of selected communities.
a blow-by-blow account/description etc an account that includes all the details of an event exactly as they happened