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Definition of precisest - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅cise

  [pri-sahys]
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–adjective
1. definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
2. being exactly that and neither more nor less: a precise temperature; a precise amount.
3. being just that and no other: the precise dress she had wanted.
4. definite or exact in statement, as a person.
5. carefully distinct: precise articulation.
6. exact in measuring, recording, etc.: a precise instrument.
7. excessively or rigidly particular: precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L praecīsus curtailed, brief, orig. ptp. of praecīdere to cut off, cut short, equiv. to prae- pre- + -cīsus, comb. form of caesus, ptp. of caedere to cut

Related forms:
pre⋅cise⋅ly, adverb
pre⋅cise⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. explicit. See correct.

Antonyms:
1. indefinite, vague.
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Word Origin & History

precise 
c.1450 (implied in precisely), from M.Fr. précis "condensed, cut short" (14c.), from M.L. precisus, from L. præcisus "abridged, cut off," pp. of præcidere "to cut off, shorten," from præ- "in front" + cædere "to cut" (see cement). Precision is first attested 1640, from M.Fr. precision, from L. præcisionem (nom. præcisio) "a cutting off," from præcisus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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