exact
adj.
precise; meticulous, extremely accurate
v.
demand, require, insist upon; force
exact
Verb
1. claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
(synonym) demand
(hypernym) claim
(hyponym) command
(derivation) exaction
2. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
(synonym) claim, take
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(verb-group) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Adjective
1. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
(antonym) inexact
(similar) direct, verbatim
(see-also) accurate
2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"
(synonym) accurate, precise
(similar) correct, right
exact
adj.
exact, accurate, correct; true, proper; faithful
exact
adj.
exact, precise; meticulous
Exact
(v. i.)
To practice exaction.
(a.)
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
(a.)
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
(a.)
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
(a.)
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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