exact
strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description.
precise, as opposed to approximate: the exact sum; the exact date.
admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline; strict or rigorous.
capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments.
characterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker.
Mathematics. (of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential.
to call for, demand, or require: to exact respect from one's children.
to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of: to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people.
Origin of exact
1synonym study For exact
Other words for exact
Opposites for exact
Other words from exact
- ex·act·a·ble, adjective
- ex·act·er, ex·ac·tor, noun
- ex·act·ness, noun
- non·ex·act·a·ble, adjective
- pre·ex·act, adjective, verb (used with object)
- qua·si-ex·act, adjective
- qua·si-ex·act·ly, adverb
- un·ex·act·ed, adjective
Words Nearby exact
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How to use exact in a sentence
He would not disclose the exact revenue earned or how much these partnerships contribute to the publisher’s overall revenue breakdown.
How TheSoul Publishing grew revenue via platforms with viral social media life hacks | Kayleigh Barber | February 12, 2021 | DigidayIt’s not clear what the exact nature of the Daily Caller story was other than Weaver in the aftermath of him taking medical leave.
Lincoln Project’s avowed ignorance of Weaver texts undercut by leaked communications | Chris Johnson | February 9, 2021 | Washington BladeAt that moment I realized that not everybody has the exact same perspective, not everybody has the exact same upbringing or the exact same privileged and fortunate life that I had.
At several points in the book, Ruffin interrupts the humor to acknowledge that many of her family’s experiences, when totaled up this way, exact a heavy burden.
Only three points, to be exact, rather than the seven or eight Kansas City surely would have preferred, but kicker Harrison Butker did well to connect from 52 yards out.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post
And by the time an airplane was in the water, its exact position would be known.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014 | Clive Irving | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe will tell you why became a cop with the exact same words used by DePrimo and many of their fellow officers.
Behind him stood a flock of fifth-grade boys—and two second-grade girls—all of them wearing the exact same yellow hat.
Even Grade School Kids Are Protesting the Garner Killing Now | Caitlin Dickson | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCooper had little Alexis pose for a picture on the exact spot there Garner was pinned.
‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture | Michael Daly | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
A method of Vacuity pure and simple—the exact opposite of Mental Assimilation.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)That was not the exact word that he used, but he expressed it by beating his tail against the table and giving a long howl.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThose were not his exact words, but I saw his answer in his eyes, for he had climbed higher and they were close to mine.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydCarrying these suggestions to the text, they help fix the exact number of times the word “bells” occurs in each line.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for exact
/ (ɪɡˈzækt) /
correct in every detail; strictly accurate: an exact copy
precise, as opposed to approximate; neither more nor less: the exact sum
(prenominal) specific; particular: this exact spot
operating with very great precision: exact instruments
allowing no deviation from a standard; rigorous; strict: an exact mind
based mainly on measurement and the formulation of laws, as opposed to description and classification: physics is an exact science
to force or compel (payment or performance); extort: to exact tribute
to demand as a right; insist upon: to exact respect from one's employees
to call for or require: this work exacts careful effort
Origin of exact
1Derived forms of exact
- exactable, adjective
- exactness, noun
- exactor or exacter, noun
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