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minutiaemi‧nu‧ti‧ae /maɪˈnjuːʃiaɪ, mə- $ məˈnuː-/ noun [plural] minutiaeOrigin: 1700-1800 Latin plural of minutia ‘smallness’, from minutus; ➔ MINUTE2 - But I found that time and grief had erased the daily minutiae I wanted.
- Cliff Benjamin taps large paintings to portray minutiae and outer space panoramas, all connected to images in the natural world.
- Even the minutiae of the airline business obsessed him more than the minutiae of the record business ever had.
- If so, such a flurry of heralding minutiae escaped me.
- It revealed an unrepentantly superficial world where life revolved around the minutiae of outward appearances and public display.
- The orchestral world is rife with three-minute fanfares, five-minute fantasies and other musical minutiae.
- This usually takes the form of obsessively pursuing the minutiae of experimental phenomena and theories that leave a subsequent generation cold.
details about something► particulars the exact details about a particular person, plan, agreement etc: · I gave him all the particulars he needed: my name, address, and the name of the hospital where I work.particulars of: · The treaty was signed despite some haggling over the particulars of each country's stock of weapons.take down somebody's particulars (=write down their personal details, for example their name and address): · After the police officer had taken down their particulars, the two men explained what had happened. ► specifics all the separate facts and details about something, especially an official proposal, contract, or statement: · It ought to be possible for partners to disagree on specifics while agreeing in general terms.specifics of: · Few of the specifics of James' proposals were implemented.get down to specifics (=consider or talk about the details): · Now that we've agreed on the general principles of our policy, let's get down to specifics. ► the ins and outs of something informal all the exact details of something complicated: · I can't tell you all the ins and outs of the situation over the phone, I'll write to you next week.· I found I needed to spend quite a while learning all the ins and outs of the system. ► the nitty-gritty informal the most important basic facts about something: get down to the nitty-gritty (=consider or discuss the most important basic facts): · You've got to get down to the nitty-gritty: how the stage will look, what the lighting will be like, and who designs the costumes.the nitty-gritty details/issues: · Kennedy immersed himself in the nitty-gritty details of the prosecutions. ► technicalities technical details of something such as a system, process, or skill that you can only understand if you have special knowledge or training: · He got a job at a printer's and quickly learned the technicalities such as paper sizes and the processes involved.technicalities of: · They discussed the technicalities of this delicate operation for some time.· Although most of us do not know much about the technicalities of surveys, we have a broad idea of what they are about. ► the minutiae formal very small and exact details that are not really important: · Don't get bogged down in factual minutiae.the minutiae of: · He carefully recorded the minutiae of his social life in his diary. very small and exact detailsminutiae of I’m not interested in the minutiae of the research, just its conclusions. |