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English

Etymology

Latin accuratus, past participle and adjective, from accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈækjərɪt/


Adjective

  1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
  2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
  3. * Bacon
  4. *: Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.


Usage notes

  • We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
  • We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
  • We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
  • We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.


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Translations

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Italian

Adjective

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Latin

Etymology

From {{term|accuratus|accūrātus|elaborate, exact|lang=la}}

Adverb

{{la-adv|accurat|accūrāt|e}}

  1. carefully, precisely, exactly


Related terms


References

  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)


ar:accurate be:accurate fa:accurate fr:accurate gl:accurate io:accurate id:accurate it:accurate hu:accurate pl:accurate pt:accurate ro:accurate simple:accurate fi:accurate sv:accurate ta:accurate te:accurate vi:accurate tr:accurate

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Accurate \Ac"cu*rate\, a. [L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr.
accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura
care. See Cure.]
1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some
standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free
from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate
calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression,
knowledge, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Those conceive the celestial bodies have more
accurate influences upon these things below.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Correct; exact; just; nice; particular.

Usage: Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise. We speak of
a thing as correct with reference to some rule or
standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a
correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We
speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the
care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased
correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate
statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak
of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected
state of a thing in which there is no defect and no
redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth,
an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when
we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or
model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity
instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in
giving his directions.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet accurate
adj 1: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a
standard or performing with total accuracy; "an
accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate";
"accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" [ant: inaccurate]
2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions)
characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ;
strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise
measurement" [syn: exact, precise]
Moby Dictionary
OK , absolute , all right , appreciative , attentive , authentic ,
careful , close , conscientious , correct , critical , dead right ,
delicate , demanding , dependable , detailed , differential ,
discriminate , discriminating , discriminative , distinctive ,
distinguishing , exact , exacting , exigent , exquisite , fastidious ,
faultless , fine , finical , finicking , finicky , flawless , fussy ,
just , just right , letter-perfect , meticulous , minute , narrow , nice ,
okay , on the mark , particular , perfect , precise , precisianistic ,
precisionistic , proper , punctilious , punctual , refined , reliable ,
religious , right , rigid , rigorous , scrupulous , scrutinizing ,
selective , sensitive , straight , straight-up-and-down , strict ,
subtle , tactful , unerring


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