exact
adjective /ɪɡˈzækt/
/ɪɡˈzækt/
- correct in every detail synonym precise
- The new palace is an exact replica of the original building.
- It is an exact copy of the original document.
- The model is exact in every detail.
- For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret.
- The exact nature of her illness (= precisely what her illness is) has not been made public.
- Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different).
- The colours were an almost exact match.
- She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.
- (informal) I had the exact same problem as you when I first started.
- What were his exact words?
- A clear definition requires very exact wording.
- Nobody knows the exact number of people affected, but it is over 10 000.
- He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time).
Extra Examples- We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
- She gave an exact description of the attacker.
- The two men were exact contemporaries at university.
- (of people) very accurate and careful about details synonym meticulous, precise
- He was very exact about everything he did.
- (of a science) using accurate measurements and following set rules synonym precise
- Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.