单词 | exact |
释义 | exact —exactable, adj. —exacter, exactor, n. —exactness, n. /ig zakt"/, adj. 1. strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description. 2. precise, as opposed to approximate: the exact sum; the exact date. 3. admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline; strict or rigorous. 4. capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments. 5. characterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker. 6. Math. (of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential. v.t. 7. to call for, demand, or require: to exact respect from one's children. 8. to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of: to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people. [1400-50; late ME exacten (v.) < L exactus (ptp. of exigere drive out, thrust out), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + ag(ere) to drive + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 3. rigid, severe, unbending. 5. methodical, careful, punctilious, demanding, scrupulous. 8. wring. See extract. Ant. 1, 2. imprecise. |
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