Synonyms

exactitude

American

[ig-zak-ti-tood, -tyood] / ɪgˈzæk tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

noun

the quality of being exact; exactness; preciseness; accuracy.

exactitude British

/ ɪɡˈzæktɪˌtjuːd /

noun

the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy

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Etymology

Origin of exactitude

From French, dating back to 1725–35; exact, -i-, -tude

Example Sentences

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Knowing with such calibrated exactitude what Harry Potter etc. would be worth to Netflix until the end of time is quite a feat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The second -- exactitude -- emphasizes models that use ever more data and ever-finer detail and resolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

The hyperfocus required of driving a high-performance car has some similarities to making movies with the level of exactitude demanded by Mann.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Here, you have guys who are recounting, with startling levels of exactitude, dialogue—“And actually, I said this and he said that”—with real specificity.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

So terrified was I that some irregularity would interfere with enlistment—some unforeseen objection—I perhaps answered with too great an exactitude, too punctilious a range of detail—desperate for approbation.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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