precise

adjective

pre·cise pri-ˈsīs How to pronounce precise (audio)

: exactly or sharply defined or stated

: minutely exact

: strictly conforming to a pattern, standard, or convention

: distinguished from every other

at just that precise moment

preciseness noun

Example Sentences

Be sure to take precise measurements before you cut the cloth. The dating of very old materials has become more precise with new instruments. The word has a very precise meaning. Can you find a more precise term than “good” to describe the movie? Could you be a little more precise about what happened? She is very precise in her work. See More

Recent Examples on the Web That scene — its quasi-pornographic detail no doubt responsible for the NC-17 rating — signals the precise moment when the film irreversibly careens off the rails.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 Since 2013, the organization has used its algorithm to analyze several data points, including forecast temperatures and historical precipitation to predict the precise moment when peak fall color will occur across the country, including Michigan.

Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 Those airborne half-seconds are intensely precise — arms wheeling to redirect her shot, body glancing off contact from bigger players, hands adjusting too quickly for thought.

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 Odd smells, like earth or rotting matter, that nobody else could perceive, or a spasm of tremors and pain at the precise moment when disaster struck far away.

Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 This suggests that without them, humans were able to evolve more precise vocal control, Tecumseh Fitch, one of the paper’s authors and a biologist at the University of Vienna in Austria, tells New Scientist’s Clare Wilson.

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022 For him, that image would not have been here—the room in which the photograph was taken at the precise moment the photographer released the camera’s shutter.

Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 But percussionist Brian Prechtl remembers the precise moment when Heyward endeared himself to him personally.

Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2022 This is the precise moment when the North Pole tilts closest to the sun, making the sun appear at its highest point in the sky of the year.

Editors, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022 See More

precise

adjective

as in accurate

meeting the highest standard of accuracy a machine which takes very precise measurements of brain tumors

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

accurate
mathematical
exact
rigorous
correct
careful
pinpoint
close
fine
delicate
refined
spot-on
strict
definitive
definite
meticulous
hairline
subtle
right
true
fastidious
nice
finicky
finical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

inaccurate
approximate
coarse
rough
imprecise
wrong
round
inexact
incorrect
false
vague
loose
unclear
careless
indefinite
doubtful
questionable
untrue
dubious
unreliable
untrustworthy

as in correct

being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard gave very precise answers to the members of the investigative committee

Synonyms & Similar Words

accurate
correct
true
proper
exact
good
so
right
logical
veracious
valid
on-target
perfect
dead-on
spot-on
legitimate
bang on
sound
rigorous
flawless
on target
impeccable
faultless
strict
infallible
on the money
stringent
inerrant
errorless
letter-perfect

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

wrong
improper
inaccurate
incorrect
false
off
inexact
untrue
imperfect
defective
faulty
flawed

as in exact

being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent gave him the precise amount that he owed him

Synonyms & Similar Words

exact
even
round
flat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

relative
approximate
comparative
near
imprecise

as in careful

following an original exactly a precise translation of the original Greek

Synonyms & Similar Words

accurate
exact
careful
true
authentic
strict
meticulous
realistic
faithful
right
authoritative
veracious
real
conscientious
genuine
scrupulous
punctilious
lifelike
bona fide
veridical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

imprecise
inaccurate
inexact
loose
false
unfaithful
careless
corrupted
erroneous
slack
wrong
incorrect
slovenly
inauthentic
corrupt
untrue
off
slipshod
invalid
unsound
untruthful

as in specific

of a particular or exact sort at that precise moment the lights went out

Synonyms & Similar Words

specific
special
distinct
set
sole
express
concrete
specialized
only
peculiar
distinctive
unique
single
limited
especial
individual
specified
given
restricted
separate
exclusive
solitary
differentiated
lone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonspecific
general
universal
generic
generalized
nonexclusive

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of precise are accurate, correct, exact, nice, and right. While all these words mean "conforming to fact, standard, or truth," precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation.

precise calibration

The words accurate and precise are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care.

an accurate description

Although the words correct and precise have much in common, correct usually implies freedom from fault or error.

correct answers

socially correct dress

In some situations, the words exact and precise are roughly equivalent. However, exact stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth.

exact measurements

The synonyms nice and precise are sometimes interchangeable, but nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination.

makes nice distinctions

Right is close to correct but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to fact or truth rather than mere absence of error or fault.

the right thing to do

单词	precise
释义	precise adjective pre·cise pri-ˈsīs 1 : exactly or sharply defined or stated 2 : minutely exact 3 : strictly conforming to a pattern, standard, or convention 4 : distinguished from every other at just that precise moment preciseness noun Synonyms accurate close delicate exact fine hairline mathematical pinpoint refined rigorous spot-on See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Be sure to take precise measurements before you cut the cloth. The dating of very old materials has become more precise with new instruments. The word has a very precise meaning. Can you find a more precise term than “good” to describe the movie? Could you be a little more precise about what happened? She is very precise in her work. See More Recent Examples on the Web That scene — its quasi-pornographic detail no doubt responsible for the NC-17 rating — signals the precise moment when the film irreversibly careens off the rails. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 Since 2013, the organization has used its algorithm to analyze several data points, including forecast temperatures and historical precipitation to predict the precise moment when peak fall color will occur across the country, including Michigan. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 Those airborne half-seconds are intensely precise — arms wheeling to redirect her shot, body glancing off contact from bigger players, hands adjusting too quickly for thought. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 Odd smells, like earth or rotting matter, that nobody else could perceive, or a spasm of tremors and pain at the precise moment when disaster struck far away. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 This suggests that without them, humans were able to evolve more precise vocal control, Tecumseh Fitch, one of the paper’s authors and a biologist at the University of Vienna in Austria, tells New Scientist’s Clare Wilson. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022 For him, that image would not have been here—the room in which the photograph was taken at the precise moment the photographer released the camera’s shutter. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 But percussionist Brian Prechtl remembers the precise moment when Heyward endeared himself to him personally. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2022 This is the precise moment when the North Pole tilts closest to the sun, making the sun appear at its highest point in the sky of the year. Editors, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Middle French precis, from Latin praecisus, past participle of praecidere to cut off, from prae- + caedere to cut First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing precise to be precise to be precise Kids Definition precise adjective pre·cise pri-ˈsīs 1 : exactly stated or explained He gave precise instructions. 2 : very exact : accurate The clay for glaze was mixed in precise proportions with water and wood ash. Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard 3 : being exactly the one mentioned or indicated and no other At that precise moment, the telephone rang. precise adjective 1 as in accurate meeting the highest standard of accuracy a machine which takes very precise measurements of brain tumors Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance accurate mathematical exact rigorous correct careful pinpoint close fine delicate refined spot-on strict definitive definite meticulous hairline subtle right true fastidious nice finicky finical Antonyms & Near Antonyms inaccurate approximate coarse rough imprecise wrong round inexact incorrect false vague loose unclear careless indefinite doubtful questionable untrue dubious unreliable untrustworthy See More 2 as in correct being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard gave very precise answers to the members of the investigative committee Synonyms & Similar Words accurate correct true proper exact good so right logical veracious valid on-target perfect dead-on spot-on legitimate bang on sound rigorous flawless on target impeccable faultless strict infallible on the money stringent inerrant errorless letter-perfect Antonyms & Near Antonyms wrong improper inaccurate incorrect false off inexact untrue imperfect defective faulty flawed See More 3 as in exact being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent gave him the precise amount that he owed him Synonyms & Similar Words exact even round flat Antonyms & Near Antonyms relative approximate comparative near imprecise 4 as in careful following an original exactly a precise translation of the original Greek Synonyms & Similar Words accurate exact careful true authentic strict meticulous realistic faithful right authoritative veracious real conscientious genuine scrupulous punctilious lifelike bona fide veridical Antonyms & Near Antonyms imprecise inaccurate inexact loose false unfaithful careless corrupted erroneous slack wrong incorrect slovenly inauthentic corrupt untrue off slipshod invalid unsound untruthful See More 5 as in specific of a particular or exact sort at that precise moment the lights went out Synonyms & Similar Words specific special distinct set sole express concrete specialized only peculiar distinctive unique single limited especial individual specified given restricted separate exclusive solitary differentiated lone Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonspecific general universal generic generalized nonexclusive Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of precise are accurate, correct, exact, nice, and right. While all these words mean "conforming to fact, standard, or truth," precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation. precise calibration The words accurate and precise are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care. an accurate description Although the words correct and precise have much in common, correct usually implies freedom from fault or error. correct answers socially correct dress In some situations, the words exact and precise are roughly equivalent. However, exact stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth. exact measurements The synonyms nice and precise are sometimes interchangeable, but nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination. makes nice distinctions Right is close to correct but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to fact or truth rather than mere absence of error or fault. the right thing to do
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precise

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