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present participle of detail
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1
to assign to a place or position
- once again he was detailed to guard duty
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2
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
- the new assistant was detailed to accompany the boss on the business trip
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3
to specify one after another
- detailed all of the reasons that the plan was a bad idea
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The first known use of detailing was in 1866
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