单词 | precise |
释义 | precise —precisely, adv. —preciseness, n. /pri suys"/, adj. 1. definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions. 2. being exactly that and neither more nor less: a precise temperature; a precise amount. 3. being just that and no other: the precise dress she had wanted. 4. definite or exact in statement, as a person. 5. carefully distinct: precise articulation. 6. exact in measuring, recording, etc.: a precise instrument. 7. excessively or rigidly particular: precise observance of regulations; precise grooming. [1350-1400; ME < L praecisus curtailed, brief, orig. ptp. of praecidere to cut off, cut short, equiv. to prae- PRE- + -cisus, comb. form of caesus, ptp. of caedere to cut] Syn. 1. explicit. See correct. Ant. 1. indefinite, vague. |
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