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detailings

detailings is the plural of detailing.

Meaning of detailing

Noun

detailing (countable and uncountable, plural detailings)

  1. A thorough description or explanation.
    • Less successful are the flotsam-y parts of the book — the arbitrary releases about Ebbesmeyer’s career struggles or the detailings of one too many garbage finds.2009 May 17, Paul Greenberg, “The Oceans’ Junkyards”, in New York Times
  2. An assignment to someone to undertake a particular task.
  3. An ornamentation or decoration on something that has been constructed.
    • a dress with elaborate neck detailings
  4. A careful and thorough cleaning and refurbishing of an automobile, aircraft, boat, etc.

Questions about detailings

What is detailings the plural of?
Detailings is the plural of detailing.

Words near detailings in the dictionary

  1. detailer
  2. detailers
  3. detaileth
  4. detailing
  5. detailingly
  6. detailings
  7. detailist
  8. detailists
  9. detailless
  10. detaillessness
  11. detailly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detailings (page history and authors); detailing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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