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adjective
1.
strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description.
2.
precise, as opposed to approximate: the exact sum; the exact date.
3.
admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline; strict or rigorous.
4.
capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments.
5.
EXPANDcharacterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker.
6.
COLLAPSEMathematics. (of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential.
verb (used with object)
7.
to call for, demand, or require: to exact respect from one's children.
8.
to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of: to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people.
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Ex-act
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English exacten (v.) < Latin exāctus (past participle of exigere drive out, thrust out), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + ag(ere) to drive + -tus past participle suffix
1400–50; late Middle English exacten (v.) < Latin exāctus (past participle of exigere drive out, thrust out), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + ag(ere) to drive + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
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)
EXPANDSynonyms
3. rigid, severe, unbending. 5. methodical, careful, punctilious, demanding, scrupulous. 8. wring. See extract.
3. rigid, severe, unbending. 5. methodical, careful, punctilious, demanding, scrupulous. 8. wring. See extract.
Antonyms
1, 2. imprecise.
1, 2. imprecise.
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