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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]exact (comparative exacter or more exact, superlative exactest or most exact)
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- The clock keeps exact time.
- He paid the exact debt.
- an exact copy of a letter
- exact accounts
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- a man exact in observing an appointment
- In my doings I was exact.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- I see thou art exact of taste.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond[1]:
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason.
- (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
Synonyms
[edit]- (precisely agreeing): perfect, true, correct, precise
- (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): strict
- spot on
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “precisely agreeing”): inexact, imprecise, approximate
- (antonym(s) of “precisely or definitely conceived or stated”): loose
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]precisely agreeing
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habitually careful
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precisely conceived or stated
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such that kernel equals image
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Verb
[edit]exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 3:13:
- He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
- 2018, Edo Konrad, “Living in the constant shadow of settler violence”, in +972 Magazine:
- Their goal is retributive: to exact a price from Palestinian civilians (and in some cases left-wing Israeli Jews, Christians, and Israeli security forces) for actions Israeli authorities take against the settlers, usually building enforcement in illegally built settlements.
- 2020 September 19, statement of Clarence Thomas on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg[2]:
- She was a superb judge who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us, whether in agreement or disagreement.
- 2020, Kristine Henriksen Garroway, John W. Martens, Children and Methods, page 139:
- […] a generic, strikingly universal, deity, “ha-elohim,” who tests, who exacts and extracts, and who is the object of fear […]
- (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act IIII, scene iv, signature I, verso:
- I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.
- (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- to exact revenge on someone
Usage notes
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]To demand and enforce
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To forcibly obtain or produce
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Adverb
[edit]exact (comparative more exact, superlative most exact)
- exactly
- She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
Synonyms
[edit]- (error-free manner): accurately, just, precisely; see also Thesaurus:exactly
Further reading
[edit]- “exact”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “exact”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “exact”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French exact, from Middle French exact, from Latin exāctus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]exact (comparative exacter, superlative exactst)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of exact | ||||
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uninflected | exact | |||
inflected | exacte | |||
comparative | exacter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | exact | exacter | het exactst het exactste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | exacte | exactere | exactste |
n. sing. | exact | exacter | exactste | |
plural | exacte | exactere | exactste | |
definite | exacte | exactere | exactste | |
partitive | exacts | exacters | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: eksak
French
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]exact (feminine exacte, masculine plural exacts, feminine plural exactes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “exact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]exact m or n (feminine singular exactă, masculine plural exacți, feminine and neuter plural exacte)
Declension
[edit]Declension of exact
Adverb
[edit]exact
See also
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