exact
Other forms: exacting; exacted; exacts; exactest; exacter; exactingly
If something's exact, it's precise and completely accurate — as opposed to a guess, an estimate, or an approximation.
Exact also has the meaning of taking something from someone, often money, and generally only given up with reluctance under the threat of force. The Mob might exact a shakedown from unfortunate businessmen, for example. The word comes from the Latin exactus "exact or accurate," a form of the verb exigere — meaning "to force out or demand," like the Mob demanding its money.
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marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact“an exact mind”“an exact copy”“hit the exact center of the target”
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Synonyms:
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accurate
conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
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direct, verbatim
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
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literal
without interpretation or embellishment
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mathematical
characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics
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perfect
precisely accurate or exact
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photographic
representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph
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rigorous, strict
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
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literal
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
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perfect
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
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precise
sharply exact or accurate or delimited
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Antonyms:
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inexact
not exact
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inaccurate
not exact
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approximate, approximative, rough
not quite exact or correct
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free, liberal, loose
not literal
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odd
an indefinite quantity more than that specified
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round
(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
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imprecise
not precise
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accurate
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(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
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take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
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claim as due or just
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An enslaved woman in ancient Egypt works as a spy in order to gain her freedom.
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