(transitive) To explain in detail. / (transitive) To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)

(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

To set the boundaries or limits of. / To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

(transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe. / (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

The act of determining, or the state of being determined. / Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair. / (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.