accurate
[ak-yer-it]
- free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
- careful or meticulous: an accurate typist.
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Origin of accurate
Synonyms
See more synonyms for accurate on Thesaurus.com1. true, unerring.
Synonym study
1. See correct.
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Contemporary Examples
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
Only the Sleeprate accurately detected my sleeping problems.
Most notably, his answer to a question about gun ads on bus stops can accurately be quoted as “no, because freedom.”
And so is the line about 2.2 million kept as prisoners in the U.S., “the highest number in the world,” KCNA accurately cites.
The Republican accurately described the West Bank as “occupied territories” and then immediately took it back.
Historical Examples
It is needful, therefore, to understand it as accurately as may be, however we may judge it.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
Much obliged to you for recalling it so accurately and anticipating me.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
But, he had been so careful to get it accurately, that he then spelt it with perfect correctness.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
He thought of how accurately she had guessed his position in life—if it was a guess.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
Her hearing had accurately conveyed to her the meaning of those sounds.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
accurate
- faithfully representing or describing the truth
- showing a negligible or permissible deviation from a standardan accurate ruler
- without error; precise; meticulous
- maths
- (to n significant digits) representing the first n digits of the given number starting with the first nonzero digit, but approximating to the nearest digit in the final positionsince π = 3.14159…, the approximation 3.1416 is accurate to 5 significant digits.
- (to n decimal places) giving the first n digits after the decimal point without further approximationπ = 3.1415 is in this sense accurate to 4 decimal places
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin accūrātus, past participle of accūrāre to perform with care, from cūra care
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Word Origin and History for accurately
accurate
adj.
1610s, "done with care," from Latin accuratus "prepared with care, exact, elaborate," past participle of accurare "take care of," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + curare "take care of" (see cure). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1650s). Related: Accurately; accurateness.
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