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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
ex•act′a•ble, adj. ex•act′er, ex•ac′tor, n. ex•act′ness, n. - 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.
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