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 exactness

Reciprocity when it comes to loss is not a justification for bloodthirstiness but rather a demand for exactness.

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Justice was administered between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known.

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They owe obedience and exactness in the duties pertaining to their service.

Elements of Morals |Paul Janet
This is a striking simile, from its exactness in two points—the noise and the order.

The Iliad of Homer |Homer

True, one portrait may hit the mark much nearer than another, but none can hit it with any very considerable degree of exactness.

Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville
As in most manufactures, these processes must be carried on with great care and exactness.

Makers of Many Things |Eva March Tappan

British Dictionary definitions for exactness

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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