detailed description
Comprehensive written portrait
A detailed description is a thorough account that includes specifics rather than generalities.
The phrase emphasizes comprehensiveness—not just what something is, but its particulars: dimensions, colors, circumstances, sequence of events.
The witness gave a detailed description of the suspect.
The listing includes a detailed description of the property.
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- granularityLevel of detail
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
precision · nuts and bolts · explanation · vividness · vivid imagery · word picture · thoroughness · comprehensiveness · chapter and verse · exposition · blow-by-blow · play by play · psychological depth · characterization · scene setting · depiction · accuracy · clarity
- French RealismBalzac, Flaubert, Zola, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola
- BalzacBeatrix, Lucien, The Black Sheep, recurring characters, French novel
- patentspatent, patents, patent application, patent office, patent applications
detailed descriptionbrief summary
rough sketch · overview · outline · sketch · summary
detailed descriptionbrief summary
condensed version · one-liner · snippet · soundbite · quick summary