precisely

Use Precisely in a sentence

adjective

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.

being exactly that and neither more nor less: a precise temperature; a precise amount.

being just that and no other: the precise dress she had wanted.

definite or exact in statement, as a person.

carefully distinct: precise articulation.

exact in measuring, recording, etc.: a precise instrument.

excessively or rigidly particular: precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.

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What Is Precision?

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praecīsus curtailed, brief, orig. past participle of praecīdere to cut off, cut short, equivalent to prae- pre- + -cīsus, combining form of caesus, past participle of caedere to cut

Related forms

pre·cise·ly, adverb

pre·cise·ness, noun

o·ver·pre·cise, adjective

o·ver·pre·cise·ly, adverb

o·ver·pre·cise·ness, noun

su·per·pre·cise, adjective

su·per·pre·cise·ly, adverb

su·per·pre·cise·ness, noun

ul·tra·pre·cise, adjective

un·pre·cise, adjective

un·pre·cise·ly, adverb

un·pre·cise·ness, noun

Can be confused: précis, precise.

Synonyms
1. explicit. See correct.

Antonyms
1. indefinite, vague.

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precise (prɪˈsaɪs)

—*adj*
1.	strictly correct in amount or value: a precise sum
2.	designating a certain thing and no other; particular: this precise location
3.	using or operating with total accuracy: precise instruments
4.	strict in observance of rules, standards, etc: a precise mind

[C16: from French précis, from Latin praecīdere to curtail, from prae before + caedere to cut]

pre'ciseness

—n

precisely (prɪˈsaɪslɪ)

—*adv*
1.	in a precise manner

—*sentence substitute*
2.	exactly: used to confirm a statement by someone else

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Word Origin & History

precise

mid-15c., from M.Fr. précis "condensed, cut short" (14c.), from M.L. precisus, from L. praecisus "abridged, cut off," pp. of praecidere "to cut off, shorten," from prae- "in front" + caedere "to cut" (see cement; for Latin vowel change, see acquisition).

Example sentences

Android appeals to precisely the sort of frustrated, anti-establishment people

who have no trouble writing abusive notes.

After a six-month voyage, it landed precisely on target and began performing

nearly flawlessly.

Precisely why these cool mice live longer remains unclear, investigators say.

The bundling of risky loans into complex securities was attractive for many

firms precisely because they had low capital charges.

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"A good performance, like a human life, is a temporal affair—a process in time. It is good as a whole through being good in its parts, and through their good order to one another. It cannot be called good as a whole until it is finished. During the process all we can say of it, if we speak precisely, is that it is becoming good. The same is true of a whole human life. Just as the whole performance never exists at any one time, but is a process of becoming, so a human life is also a performance in time and a process of becoming. And just as the goodness that attaches to the performance as a whole does not attach to any of its parts, so the goodness of a human life as a whole belongs to it alone, and not to any of its parts or phases."

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