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English

Etymology

From , past participle of

Pronunciation


Adjective

  1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
  2. : The clock keeps exact time.
  3. : He paid the exact debt.
  4. : an exact copy of a letter
  5. : exact accounts
  6. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual
  7. : a man exact in observing an appointment
  8. : In my doings I was exact.
  9. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.


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Translations

Verb

  1. Demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
  2. Make desirable or necessary.
  3. Extract forcibly.
  4. : to exact revenge


Derived terms


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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛg.zakt/


Adjective

  1. proper (following the established standards of behavior or manners)


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exact \Ex*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL.
exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.]
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a
right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel
to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward
when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one
subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience,
etc., from or of some one.
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He said into them, Exact no more than that which is
appointed you. --Luke. iii.
13.
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Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden.
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My designs
Exact me in another place. --Massinger.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exact \Ex*act"\, a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of
exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine,
measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent,
Act.]
1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth;
perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short
in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock
keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of
a letter; exact accounts.
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I took a great pains to make out the exact truth.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a
promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact
in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. "I
see thou art exact of taste." --Milton.
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3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exact \Ex*act"\, v. i.
To practice exaction. [R.]
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The anemy shall not exact upon him. --Ps. lxxxix.
22.
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WordNet exact
adj 1: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with
fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact
center of the target" [ant: inexact]
2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions)
characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ;
strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise
measurement" [syn: accurate, precise]
v 1: claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the
loan" [syn: demand]
2: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard
work took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take]
Moby Dictionary
accurate , appreciative , ask , ask for , assess , attentive , badger ,
be hurting for , be indicated , blackmail , brook no denial ,
burden with , call for , careful , challenge , charge , charge for ,
claim , clamor for , close , compel , conscientious , conscionable ,
constant , consummate , correct , critical , cry for , cry out for ,
delicate , demand , demanding , detailed , dictate , differential ,
direct , discriminate , discriminating , discriminative , distinctive ,
distinguishing , enforce , enjoin , even , exacting , exigent , express ,
exquisite , extort , extract , faithful , fasten upon , fastidious ,
faultless , fine , finical , finicking , finicky , force from ,
freight with , full , fussy , gouge , have occasion for , heedful ,
identical , impose , impose on , impose upon , indent , inerrable ,
inerrant , infallible , inflict on , inflict upon , insist on ,
insist upon , issue an ultimatum , lay , lay on , leave no option ,
levy , levy blackmail , literal , make a demand , make dutiable ,
mathematical , methodical , meticulous , micrometrically precise ,
microscopic , minute , narrow , necessitate , need , nice , oblige ,
order , order up , orderly , painstaking , particular , perfect ,
picayune , pinch , pinpoint , place , place an order , precious ,
precise , precisian , precisianistic , precisionist , precisionistic ,
prerequire , pro rata , proper , prorate , pry loose from , punctilious ,
punctual , puristic , put , put down , put in requisition , put on ,
put upon , refined , religious , religiously exact , rend , rend from ,
require , requisition , right , rigid , rigorous , rip , rip from ,
saddle with , scientific , scientifically exact , screw , scrupulous ,
scrutinizing , selective , selfsame , sensitive , set , severe , shake ,
shake down , snatch from , special , specific , square , squeeze ,
stick for , strict , subject to , subtle , tactful , take doing ,
take no denial , task , tax , tear from , thorough , tithe , true ,
undeviating , unerring , very , want , want doing , warn ,
weight down with , wrench , wrench from , wrest , wring , wring from ,
yoke with


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