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accurate

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ac⋅cu⋅rate

  [ak-yer-it]
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–adjective
1. free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
2. careful or meticulous: an accurate typist.
Origin:
1605–15; < L accūrātus carefully prepared (ptp. of accūrāre), equiv. to ac- ac- + cūr(a) care + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ac⋅cu⋅rate⋅ly, adverb
ac⋅cu⋅rate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. true, unerring. See correct.
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ac·cu·rate   (āk'yər-ĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.

  2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.

  3. Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.

  4. Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.


[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.
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Word Origin & History

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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