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单词 exact
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exact
(ɪgzækt )
Word forms: exacts , exacting , exacted
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1
Exact means correct in every detail. For example, an exact copy is the same in every detail as the thing it is copied from.
I don't remember the exact words.
The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed.
It's an exact copy of the one which was found in Ann Alice's room.
Synonyms: accurate, very, correct, true  
exactly adverb [usu ADV with cl/group, oft ADVERB after verb] B2
Try to locate exactly where the smells are entering the room.
The system worked perfectly, exactly as his training and plans had led him to expect.
What exactly goes wrong with those suffering from senile dementia?
Both drugs will be exactly the same.
Barton couldn't remember exactly.
Synonyms: accurately, correctly, definitely, truly  
Synonyms: precisely, just, expressly, prompt [informal]  
Synonyms: precisely, yes, quite, of course  
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+
You use exact before a noun to emphasize that you are referring to that particular thing and no other, especially something that has a particular significance. [emphasis]
I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment.
Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?
It may be that you will feel the exact opposite of what you expected.
exactly adverb B2
These are exactly the people who do not vote.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
Synonyms: accurately, correctly, definitely, truly  
Synonyms: precisely, just, expressly, prompt [informal]  
Synonyms: precisely, yes, quite, of course  
3. adjective
If you describe someone as exact, you mean that they are very careful and detailed in their work, thinking, or methods.
Formal, exact and obstinate, he was also cold, suspicious, touchy and tactless.
4. verb
When someone exacts something, they demand and obtain it from another person, especially because they are in a superior or more powerful position. [formal]
Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission. [V n + from/for]
They, too, would be likely to exact a high price for their cooperation. [V n from/for n]
5. verb
If someone exacts revenge on a person, they have their revenge on them.
She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge. [VERB noun]
[Also V n on n]
6. verb
If something exacts a high price, it has a bad effect on a person or situation.
The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price. [VERB noun]
The strain of a violent ground campaign will exact a toll on troops. [VERB noun + on]
7.  See also exactly
8. to be exact phrase
You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying.
A small number–five, to be exact–have been bad.
I consider myself to be a liberal democrat, or to be more exact, a democratic liberal.
Collocations:
exact a toll
High expectations exact a toll.
Christianity Today
But it exacted a toll on my marriage.
Christianity Today
Whatever the verdict, it's hard to shake the feeling that years of inattention and inaction are exacting their toll.
Globe and Mail
The strain of his wartime work exacted a toll on his health, and it took him some time to settle into civilian life.
Times, Sunday Times
That was before the injuries exacted their toll.
Globe and Mail
exact content of
The exact content of the tweets was not clear yesterday as they were quickly deleted.
The Sun
The exact content of the email was not released to the public.
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The exact contents of the bonus packs depend on the location of purchase.
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The exact contents of a privacy policy will depend upon the applicable law and may need to address requirements across geographical boundaries and legal jurisdictions.
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exact extent
But when the crisis hit, we didn't even know the exact extent of our indebtedness.
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Security forces were reinforced by military after the exact extent was revealed.
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The exact extent of even the most prominent ones remains unknown.
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The precise identities of those institutions, as well as the exact extent of the transactions, remain unclear.
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The exact extent of what can be discerned depends on the frequency and power of the pulse transmitted.
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exact figure
The exact figure will be announced at an investor meeting next week, with those affected being out the door by 2017.
The Sun
The exact figure was not disclosed but was thought to be 250,000.
The Sun
The price was the only thing we couldn't nail an exact figure on, but 100m-plus was whispered at the party.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact figure for the flat-rate pension will be confirmed shortly.
Times, Sunday Times
The death of one civilian was confirmed by the state police, but the exact figures are virtually unknown.
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exact frequency
Sources differ on the exact frequency range of the band.
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Requires previous information on the target's atomic structure to precisely create the exact frequency that will destroy it.
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The exact frequency of the power and its harmonics may vary from moment to moment.
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The exact frequency range allocated for this type of use varies between countries.
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Depending on the exact frequency of the microwaves, the cesium atoms will reach an excited state.
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exact height
Athletes must compete under their own limit but the exact height at which they compete depends on personal style and comfort.
Times, Sunday Times
His exact height seems to be a mystery.
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It was further claimed that the length of the stone (about 9 feet) was the exact height of the warrior.
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The exact height can not be determined from the fossils, which consist of broken-off portions.
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Sources differ over the exact height of the southwestern summit.
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exact length
Researchers found a reference to its exact length of 3.6cm (nearly 1½in), and weight of 257.41 grains (a little over half an ounce).
Times, Sunday Times
Referees' guidelines say that about 30sec should be added for a goal or a substitution (although the referee can decide the exact length of time to be added).
Times, Sunday Times
There are several intersecting and side trails that provide many options varying the exact length and path of a hike, backpacking, or camping excursion.
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Random length padding also prevents an attacker from knowing the exact length of the plaintext message.
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These are made on carousel production lines, directly to exact length, and as a stock product.
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exact location
Officials are refusing to reveal the exact location of the crash site to prevent the recovery operation being hampered by other vessels.
The Sun (2009)
They knew its exact location and were told he was at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There were reports of voices heard under the snow but rescue crews were unable to pinpoint the exact location.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The time and exact location of the incident was not specified.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Give the Assad Government the tightest of deadlines to supply a detailed inventory of his chemical weapons and their exact location.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
exact match
An exact match would be 20 out of 20 bands, this sample was said to be similar in 15 out of 20 bands.
Times, Sunday Times
The bed throw was found in a market; luckily, an exact match.
Times, Sunday Times
But although the museum holds the world's largest collection of insects, no exact match could be found.
Times, Sunday Times
Criminals find an exact match of a car they have stolen, copy the numberplate of the legitimate vehicle and fit it to the stolen one.
Times, Sunday Times
As for love, when a newcomer's first words are an exact match for what you are thinking, you have found someone who could make you happy.
The Sun
exact meaning
Literally means, literally, 'letter for letter' and thus by extension 'in strict accordance with the exact meaning' of a word or phrase.
Times, Sunday Times
Each song was preceded by a brief introduction in which she explained its exact meaning and provenance with a sincerity that rather tripped off the tongue.
Times, Sunday Times
That wasn't her exact meaning.
Times, Sunday Times
Use words like ontology and taxonomy, whose exact meaning most readers like me do not know because we have never looked them up in a dictionary.
The Times Literary Supplement
Once the category was chosen, its exact meaning was given.
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exact measurement
This caused smiles - apparently, it wasn't an exact measurement.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the way the samples were handled precluded an exact measurement of the amount of water.
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In timing belts, the inverse ratio teeth of the belt contributes to the exact measurement.
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The vehicle's engine, displacing 7.7 litres and having twelve cylinders, was reportedly capable of producing nearly one thousand horsepower, although an exact measurement was never made.
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We start by making a last to the foot's exact measurements and then a sort of toile for the shoe shape.
Times, Sunday Times
exact mechanism
The exact mechanism allowing the derepression of polycomb target genes during cell differentiation remains unclear.
Catherine Creppe, Anna Palau, Roberto Malinverni, Vanesa Valero, Marcus Buschbeck 2014, 'A Cbx8-containing polycomb complex facilitates the transition to gene activation during ES cell differentiation.', PLoS Genetics
The exact mechanism of this acute erythroid toxicity of sodium stibogluconate remains unexplored.
Sharma Sunita, Malhan Priya, Pujani Mukta, Rath B 2008, 'Acute erythroid toxicity in visceral leishmaniasis: A rare complication of antimonial therapy', Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
However, the exact mechanism by which diosgenin induces megakaryocytic differentiation has not been elucidated.
Lamia Ghezali, Bertrand Liagre, Youness Limami, Jean-Louis Beneytout, David Yannick Leger 2014, 'Sonic Hedgehog Activation Is Implicated in Diosgenin-Induced Megakaryocytic Differentiation of Human Erythroleukemia Cells', PLoS ONE
exact moment
Ritva appeared at the exact moment he was ready, shook hands, identified herself and led him into her consulting room.
Low, Ona TO HIS JUST DESSERTS (2002)
At the exact moment he died she wept uncontrollably.
The Sun (2012)
exact number
The exact number mentioned has long been in dispute.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
The exact number of anabolic steroid users is impossible to measure.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I cannot say the exact number.
The Sun (2016)
Different studies found out that nonsymbolic estimation could foster subsequent exact number processing and simple arithmetic.
Sonja Maria Hansen, Hilde Haider, Alexandra Eichler, Claudia Godau, Peter A Frensch, Robert Gaschler 2015, 'Fostering Formal Commutativity Knowledge with Approximate Arithmetic.', PLoS ONE
exact opposite
They are about an anti-hero that is the exact opposite of the usual kind.
The Sun (2016)
It was the exact opposite of our bedroom back at home -- Marianne has a mania for tidiness.
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You could say that his fractured and frenetic choreography is the exact opposite of classical dance, with its rigid technical hierarchy and logical determination.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It loves to rev and is the exact opposite of a big, lumbering American engine.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Often this involves formulating a null hypothesis which assumes the exact opposite of what we want to prove.
Pass, Christopher, Lowes, Bryan Collins Dictionary of Economics (1993)
exact origin
Worryingly, thousands of users are also buying needles over the internet without knowing their exact origin.
The Sun
Nevertheless, the authority said that the safety of the meat 'could not be guaranteed' because its exact origin could not be determined.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact origin of this dish has been debated by scholars.
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The exact origin of the name has not been explained.
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Today, they are considered integral parts of the headwaters of the river and important tributaries, but not necessarily the exact origin.
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exact percentage
The exact percentage depends on the cost of the reservation, but the higher the total, the lower the percentage.
Times, Sunday Times
Residents can ask for a fiscal deal that involves a broad-brush estimate of the taxes that they should pay rather than an exact percentage of their revenue and assets.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact percentage allocated towards payment of the principal depends on the interest rate.
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Though given the chance to win the $10,000,000 grand prize, he declined to lock in a guess for the exact percentage within that range.
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The contestant had to answer the fifth question correct to the exact percentage.
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exact phrase
The site will then only show results with that exact phrase included in the listing.
Times, Sunday Times
You want it to be organic and to come across as authentic, and that can be lost if you're too busy trying to recite an exact phrase.
The Sun
Far more striking are his repeated references to being played 'in my right position', using that exact phrase four times over the course of the interview.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes they preserve the local dialect and the exact phrases used by particularly admired traditional singers.
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exact position
The second consideration is the exact position of the chalet in the resort.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Extra-articular access and exact positioning of the needle electrode exclude direct operative chondral damage.
P P Bosschaert, F C Deprez 2010, 'Acetabular osteoid osteoma treated by percutaneous radio - frequency ablation: delayed articular cartilage damage', Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
The polar axis can be set at any latitude and a graduated arc gives the exact position.
WM. Gaertner & CO. Astronomical Instruments and Accessories (1908)
exact price
The exact price depends on the size of your home and number of residents.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I can't remember the exact price.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A terrible price is exacted when an elaborate escape plan goes wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
exact proportion
It said the exact proportion of the fees that advisers can pocket depends on their experience and level of qualifications, as well as meeting certain quality measures.
Times,Sunday Times
The experiments showed that the force of traction was nearly in an exact proportion to the hardness of the road.
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Using multiple coils speeds up acquisition time in exact proportion to the coils used.
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The bits are then selected so the players get allocations in near exact proportion to their entitlements.
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However, the exact proportions are the subject of ongoing dispute.
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exact quantity
The exact quantity of tickets and series, and their prices, may be different each year.
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The exact quantity of oil sprayed on the ferry was estimated in the subsequent trial at 100 to 300 tons.
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They require supplements of amino acids in exact quantities to survive.
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exact replica
The limestone building is an almost exact replica of the small whisky distilleries found in the Highlands of Scotland.
The Sun (2013)
The lobby is an exact replica of the old hotel foyer, with mosaics on the floor, vast ceiling plaster doughnuts and a sweeping spiral staircase.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It would not be an exact replica but it would look and feel much like a woolly mammoth did.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was intended to be an exact replica.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
exact representation
These specimens may not be exact representation of the whole workpiece because the grain structure may be different throughout.
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Approximations might also be used if incomplete information prevents use of exact representations.
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The solutions for molecules, such as methane, provide exact representations of their electronic structure which are unobtainable by experimental methods.
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exact requirements
The exact requirements for the bid vary considerably depending upon the system used and partnership agreement.
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Exact requirements may vary depending upon the artist or instructor, but an experienced model will not speak, wriggle, scratch, or readjust during the pose.
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The exact requirements have changed over the years.
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The exact requirements for a person to be considered for participation in a playtest vary.
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The exact requirements vary between missions and difficulty levels.
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exact revenge
They were finishing strung out here yesterday and this longer trip can see him exact revenge.
The Sun
The big settlements are part of a wave of payments by banks as regulators exact revenge for the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Times, Sunday Times
Does he want to exact revenge on those who put him in jail?
Times, Sunday Times
He left in a rage and vowed to exact revenge when they met again here.
The Sun
So executives are tempted to exact revenge on those who have cheated them.
Times,Sunday Times
exact reverse
While that may be the exact reverse of what you're feeling, you're giving them much-needed space to explore and, if necessary, benefit from their mistakes.
Times, Sunday Times
We believe the exact reverse: centralisation causes more fragility to external events.
Times, Sunday Times
This research has yet to be peer-reviewed, but its findings are consistent with other studies, and it suggests strongly that the exact reverse may be true.
Times, Sunday Times
When death claims the young, it leaves a presence that grows more perfect with each passing year — more or less the exact reverse, in fact, of the rules of life.
Times, Sunday Times
exact scope
Yet the exact scope of its power and duties seems ill-defined, leading to confusion as to where real responsibility lies and doubts regarding its organisational capabilities.
Times,Sunday Times
The exact scope of each of these awards varies.
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However, the usage of both terms varies among authors, including the exact scope of each.
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exact sequence
It added that the exact sequence of events was not yet clear but that it was following a 'definite line of inquiry'.
Times, Sunday Times
We are told, too, that 'the exact sequence of events which turn conditions [for war] into reality are impossible to predict'.
Times, Sunday Times
In important cases, the smooth or topological structure set can be computed by means of the surgery exact sequence.
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Like any long exact sequence, this sequence breaks up into short exact sequences.
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In fact, these calculations can be formulated in a modern language in terms of the surgery exact sequence as indicated here.
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exact shape
Wet plane leaves lying on a pavement for a while often leave a stain in the exact shape of the leaf.
Times, Sunday Times
Jumps the bidding to show 16+ points and implies his exact shape.
Times, Sunday Times
West discards on the second round and you should now know his exact shape.
Times, Sunday Times
The mattress, pillow or padding moulds to the sleeper's exact shape and position.
Times, Sunday Times
The group forms the exact shape of the island, with each person standing in their home province.
Christianity Today
exact size
But whatever its exact size, the slowdown was real enough.
Times, Sunday Times
The principals aren't disclosing the exact size of the funding round.
Houston Chronicle
It could seat up to 130 - the exact size of our wedding party - and it cost only 20 an hour.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact size of her award will be decided later.
The Sun
It should be mounted behind bow-fronted glass adorned with gold-leaf lettering that gives the fish's exact size plus details of who caught it, where and when.
Times, Sunday Times
exact specifications
The 1.5 million cars were designed to the exact specifications of the 1963 original, of which 12 were made.
Times, Sunday Times
The company has yet to confirm exact specifications and prices.
Times, Sunday Times
These styles are handmade, 100% customizable and built one pair at a time to exact specifications.
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They can also dictate exact specifications to suppliers, for delivery schedules, quality, and (in the case of agricultural products) crop varieties.
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All sacred images are made to exact specifications that have remained remarkably unchanged for centuries.
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exact spot
Thus, in days gone, at this exact spot, folk could have stood simultaneously in three counties.
Times, Sunday Times
Later, she sees her dad has a cut in the exact spot where she hit the burglar!
The Sun
Or heavy-handed symbolism-let's avoid having characters just coincidentally face a reckoning in the same exact spot in the forest, fifteen years apart.
Christianity Today
Seconds later, the burning jet fuel hurtled through the exact spot where he had been standing.
Times, Sunday Times
The van driver yesterday took police to the exact spot.
The Sun
exact sum
The exact sum of funeral expenses was found in her bank account.
Times,Sunday Times
The exact sum, expected to be thousands of pounds each, will be approved in court next week.
The Sun
You are still waiting to hear the exact sum from your travel agent, but it should be about 4,000.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact sum was hidden until yesterday by a confidentiality deal.
The Sun
Neither company would disclose yesterday the exact sum paid.
Times, Sunday Times
exact timing
But he had been deliberately vague about the exact timing.
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The exact timing of measures should be sensitive to developments in the economy, particularly the fragility of the recovery.
Times, Sunday Times
The exact timing will depend on the advice of his doctors.
Times, Sunday Times
Just have lots of it and don't worry about the exact timing.
The Sun
The case was going to hinge on exact timing.
Times, Sunday Times
exact vengeance
Breaking free, he vows to track them down and exact vengeance.
Times, Sunday Times
That way, we can simultaneously exact vengeance and claim that we were ready to forgive as we have been forgiven.
Christianity Today
She was banished by her husband the king, and worked for centuries to raise an undead army to exact vengeance for this.
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From the moment she steps outside the room in the hospital, she makes it her mission to exact vengeance on all those who did her wrong.
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It depicts its heroine's sufferings in the colonial era until her partisan brother returns to exact vengeance on their oppressive landlord, at which point she pledges support for the revolution.
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exact whereabouts
Friends are concerned about his safety and his exact whereabouts remain unknown.
Times, Sunday Times
I didn't ask how she knew the exact whereabouts of my childhood home.
Times, Sunday Times
Armed nuclear subs are kept constantly at sea so no foreign power knows their exact whereabouts at any time.
The Sun
They have asked for 15 per cent of the value of the cargo, in return for which they would reveal its exact whereabouts.
Times, Sunday Times
Its exact whereabouts, however, has always been something of a mystery.
The Sun
exact word
I think the exact word he used to describe them was 'horrendous'.
The Sun
It also has several features that are not found in other metrics, such as stemming and synonymy matching, along with the standard exact word matching.
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The exact word and correct grammatical response will develop with time.
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They can recall exactly what the speaker sounded like and can recall the exact word choice used during a presentation.
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He left me in no doubt about the situation but in a family newspaper it would be quite wrong to reveal his exact words.
The Sun
exact wording
I imagine these letters of complaint in every detail: the exact wording, my irrefutable line of argument, even the stationery.
Times, Sunday Times
For our elder decision, we published the exact wording of the constitutional changes so people were ready for a congregational vote.
Christianity Today
Other amendments could seek to change the exact wording of the question to be put to the people.
Times, Sunday Times
Make no conscious effort to recall your exact wording.
Christianity Today
The exact wording was not given to the inquest.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 精确的, 获得尤指因处于上级地位而强行要求
Japanese: 正確な, 強要する
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