in detail | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Thoroughly; including every detail; with allparticulars.I do not understand it; please explain it to mein detail.1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter V, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:When this conversation was repeatedin detailwithin the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.; (military)By engaging small sections of an enemy army rather than fighting a single pitched battle against the entire enemy force.Darius defeated the rebelsin detail.1855, Walter Keating Kelly,The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, Including the Works of Karamsin, Tooke, and Ségur, page175:Macdonald might easily have destroyed themin detailcould he have fallen upon them at once; but the time he spent in reorganising his army in Tuscany, and in concerting measures with Moreau, was well employed by Suvarof in promptly concentrating his forces.

Examples:

EN: Genuine describes her past in detail, regarding which she is suddenly full of horror.
ES: Genuine cuenta su pasado, del que ahora comprende de repente todo su horror.
EN: I can't explain in detail, why your father needs the money.
ES: No puedo explicarte de momento por qué necesita papá el dinero tan urgentemente.
ES: No puedo explicarte de momento por qué necesita papá el dinero tan urgentemente.
EN: Because after all, I think it's pretty clear and I really don't think it'll be necessary for us to examine all the evidence again in detail.
ES: En primer lugar, el ente acusador.
EN: And am replying by letter in detail.
ES: "Le responderé con más detalle por carta".
EN: It seems unnecessary to examine all the evidence in detail.
ES: No parece necesario examinar la cuestión en detalle.
EN: Well, that's quite a strange story, that I should tell you in detail
ES: Bueno, esa es una historia bastante extraña, que debo contarle en detalle
EN: Relate in detail what happened On that particular night.
ES: Relate en detalle lo que sucedió en esa noche en particular.
EN: - All of my speeches in detail
ES: - Todos mis discursos en detalle
EN: To be given to you in detail later.
ES: Se le dará en detalle más tarde.
EN: And in detail: Cowardly, uncouth, and deserving of merciless chastisement.
ES: Y en concreto: son cobardes, groseros y merecen un duro castigo.
EN: We'll talk in detail when we meet.
ES: Ya hablaremos con detalle cuando lleguemos.
EN: May I drop by one morning and examine in detail your beautiful collection?
ES: Déjame venir una mañana, a admirar tu hermosa colección.
EN: No, nothing in detail.
ES: No, nada en detalle.
EN: Scipio had everyting explained carefully and insisted that we relate to you in detail all the information we had.
ES: Cualquier extranjero que se encuentre en el campo deber ser llevado ante Cónsul. Bajadlos, rápido.
EN: I've several ideas about them which I'd like to discuss with you in detail, if I had the chance...
ES: Tengo varias ideas que querría discutir con ustedes si tuviera ocasión;

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