exact

[ ig-zakt ]

/ ɪgˈzækt /

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adjective

strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description.

precise, as opposed to approximate: the exact sum; the exact date.

admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline; strict or rigorous.

capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments.

characterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker.

Mathematics. (of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential.

verb (used with object)

to call for, demand, or require: to exact respect from one's children.

to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of: to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people.

Origin of exact

1400–50; late Middle English exacten (v.) < Latin exāctus (past participle of exigere drive out, thrust out), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + ag(ere) to drive + -tus past participle suffix

SYNONYMS FOR exact

3 rigid, severe, unbending.

5 methodical, careful, punctilious, demanding, scrupulous.

8 wring. See extract.

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1, 2 imprecise.

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OTHER WORDS FROM exact

ex·act·a·ble, adjective ex·act·er, ex·ac·tor, noun ex·act·ness, noun non·ex·act·a·ble, adjective

pre·ex·act, adjective, verb (used with object) qua·si-ex·act, adjective qua·si-ex·act·ly, adverb un·ex·act·ed, adjective

Words nearby exact

ex. doc., exa-, exabyte, exacerbate, exacerbation, exact, exact differential, exact science, exacta, exacting, exaction

Example sentences from the Web for exacted

I really think this season is about the toll that is exacted on intelligence officers doing their work.

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Shortly after, a mob of Buddhists exacted retribution by pulling over a bus carrying Muslims and beating 10 passengers to death.

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It turned out all those years of keeping the flying public safe had exacted a physical toll on the one guy not on the radar: me.

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Currently running for Colorado attorney general, Garnett says the drawn-out case has exacted its toll.

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If the suspected shooter was denied tenure, many will conclude that she “snapped” from the rebuke and exacted revenge.

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They lent for nothing, but exacted damages for all delay in repayment.

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Forced labour also was exacted, and artisans and tradesmen were subjected to pecuniary levies.

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Then she exacted a promise from him that he would bring her back and bury her by the side of her sister Jane.

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Jean Piot, after his enormous share of work, exacted remuneration from Providence, in the shape of joys.

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How harsh, how unreasonable would Christianity be if it exacted from man the renunciation of earthly riches!

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British Dictionary definitions for exacted

exact

/ (ɪɡˈzækt) /

adjective

correct in every detail; strictly accurate an exact copy

precise, as opposed to approximate; neither more nor less the exact sum

(prenominal) specific; particular this exact spot

operating with very great precision exact instruments

allowing no deviation from a standard; rigorous; strict an exact mind

based mainly on measurement and the formulation of laws, as opposed to description and classification physics is an exact science

verb (tr)

to force or compel (payment or performance); extort to exact tribute

to demand as a right; insist upon to exact respect from one's employees

to call for or require this work exacts careful effort

Derived forms of exact

exactable, adjective exactness, noun exactor or exacter, noun

Word Origin for exact

C16: from Latin exactus driven out, from exigere to drive forth, from agere to drive

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