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| 1. | free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact. |
| 2. | careful or meticulous: an accurate typist. |
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adj.
[Latin accūrātus, done with care, past participle of accūrāre, to do with care : ad-, ad- + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure).] ac'cu·rate·ly adv., ac'cu·rate·ness n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
accurate
1612, from L. accuratus "prepared with care, exact," pp. of accurare "take care of," from ad- "to" + curare "take care of" (see cure). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1651).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" [ant: inaccurate] |
| 2. | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
accurate1 [ӕˈkjurət] adjective
exactly right
Example: an accurate drawing
accurate2 [ӕˈkjurət] adjectiveExample: an accurate drawing
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making no mistakes
Example: an accurate memory
Example: an accurate memory
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Accurate
Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [See Accurate.] The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. --Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. --Lardner.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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