precise
adjective OPAL W
/prɪˈsaɪs/
/prɪˈsaɪs/
Idioms - clear and accurate synonym exact
- precise details/instructions/measurements
- Can you give a more precise definition of the word?
- I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.
Extra Examples- Are the measurements precise enough?
- These estimates will become more precise.
- You need to use legally precise terms.
- Please give precise details about your previous experience.
- We will need a more precise description of the accommodation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- incredibly
- infinitely
- …
- about
- in
- [only before noun] used to emphasize that something happens at a particular time or in a particular way
- We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment, she walked in.
- Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.
- taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details synonym meticulous
- a skilled and precise worker
- small, precise movements
- We've tried to make the process as precise as possible.
- (disapproving) She's rather prim and precise.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- incredibly
- infinitely
- …
- about
- in
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
Idioms
to be (more) precise
- used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned
- The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.