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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•act /ɪgˈzækt/USA pronunciation adj. - [before a noun] strictly accurate or correct: an exact description.
- characterized by, capable of, or using strict accuracy;
precise: an exact thinker.
v. [~ + object + from + object] - to call for, demand, or require: parents who exact respect from their children.
ex•act•ness, n. [uncountable]See -act-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•act (ig zakt′),USA pronunciation adj. - strictly accurate or correct:an exact likeness; an exact description.
- precise, as opposed to approximate:the exact sum; the exact date.
- admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline;
strict or rigorous. - capable of the greatest precision:exact instruments.
- characterized by or using strict accuracy:an exact thinker.
- Mathematics(of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential.
v.t. - to call for, demand, or require:to exact respect from one's children.
- to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of:to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people.
- Latin exāctus (past participle of exigere drive out, thrust out), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + ag(ere) to drive + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English exacten (verb, verbal) 1400–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rigid, severe, unbending.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged methodical, careful, punctilious, demanding, scrupulous.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wring. See extract.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imprecise.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ adj - correct in every detail; strictly accurate: an exact copy
- precise, as opposed to approximate; neither more nor less: the exact sum
- (prenominal) specific; particular: this exact spot
- operating with very great precision: exact instruments
- allowing no deviation from a standard; rigorous; strict: an exact mind
- based mainly on measurement and the formulation of laws, as opposed to description and classification: physics is an exact science
vb (transitive)- to force or compel (payment or performance); extort: to exact tribute
- to demand as a right; insist upon: to exact respect from one's employees
- to call for or require: this work exacts careful effort
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin exactus driven out, from exigere to drive forth, from agere to driveexˈactable adj exˈactness n exˈactor, exˈacter n |