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/ ɪgˈzækt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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 First recorded in 1525–45; late Middle English exacten (verb), from 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.
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synonym study for exact 8 . See extract.
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
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Words nearby exact ex, exa-, exabyte, exacerbate, exacerbation, exact , exacta, exact differential, exacting, exaction, exactitude
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I omit Horace Walpole's exact expression, which is more witty than proper.
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She is not able to determine the exact line of her descent, but the blood of three races mingles in her veins.
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No doubt he knew the exact age of the man as well as I did, but it was not for him to have hastened his deposition.
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When we examine it closely, we find that in many respects it is the exact reverse of our practice.
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British Dictionary definitions for exact 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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
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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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