Exact

Word EXACT
Character 5
Hyphenation ex act
Pronunciations /ɪɡˈzækt/

Definitions and meanings of "Exact"

What do we mean by exact?

Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality. adjective

Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate. adjective

Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules. adjective

To force the payment or yielding of; extort. transitive verb

To inflict (vengeance or punishment, for example). transitive verb

To force or compel to be paid or yielded; demand or require authoritatively or menacingly.

To demand of right or necessity; enjoin with pressing urgency.

To claim; require.

Synonyms Exact, Extort, Enforce. Extort is much stronger than exact, and implies more of physical compulsion applied or threatened. Exact and extort apply to something to be got; enforce to something to be done. Enforce expresses more physical and less moral compulsion than extort.

To practise exaction.

In English law, to call (a party) in court to answer.

Closely correct or regular; strictly accurate; truly adjusted, adapted, conformable, or the like.

Precisely correct or right; real; actual; veritable: as, the exact sum or amount; the exact time; those were his exact words. A statement is exact which does not differ from the true by any quantity, however small. See synonyms under accurate.

Methodical; careful; not negligent; observing strict accuracy, method, rule, or order: as, a man exact in keeping appointments; an exact thinker.

Characterized by or admitting of exactness or precision; precisely thought out or stated; dealing with definite facts or precise principles: as, an exact demonstration; the exact sciences.

Steady; even; well-balanced.

To practice exaction. intransitive verb

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. transitive verb

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise adjective

Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual adjective

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

To make desirable or necessary.

To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Exact

The word "exact" in example sentences

Science considers, primarily and predominantly, the more exact and rigorous relations of Phenomena; and the existence of an _exact_ and _definite_ point of departure in Thought and Being, more fundamental, from the ❋ Various (N/A)

The above is not the "Law of Exemptions" in exact words, but it is that part of it which was made for the Brethren, in _exact sense_. ❋ John Kline (1830)

Many of the foods that fuel us in the short term exact a damaging toll over time. ❋ Tony Schwartz (2010)

To help towards a clear understanding of both tendencies, Goethe describes an exercise which is characteristic of his way of schooling himself in what he called exact sensorial fantasy. ❋ Ernst Lehrs (N/A)

Researchers at the two institutions have discovered what they describe as the exact sites where carbon is held in capture materials. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Damn! That matters not since I can do this a thousand times in exact 50 word sequences without even a hint of punctuation without breathing in even once. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The man who wants to limit himself to what is knowable in exact terms is caught up in the crisis of reality: he beholds the withdrawal of truth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My allowance of authority and the maturity to have wisdom for how to 'direct' runs in exact conjunction with how well I am able to * receive* direction (as an actor?) both from G-d, and from those whom He has put in authority over me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stewart's close was pitch-perfect, presenting optimism, perspective, honesty, and humor in exact proportion. ❋ Jeff Jarvis (2010)

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