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precise /pri-sīsˈ/ adjective- Definite
- Exact
- Accurate
- Free from vagueness
- Very, identical
- Scrupulously exact
- Over-exact
- Prim
- Formal
- Scrupulous in observing the rules of religion (old)
- Puritanical (historical)
ORIGIN: Fr précis, précise from L praecīsus, pap of praecīdere, from prae around, and caedere to cut preciseˈly adverb - In a precise manner
- Exactly
- (as a rejoinder) quite, I agree entirely
preciseˈness noun precisian /pri-sizhˈən/ noun - An over-precise person
- A formalist
- A Puritan (historical; derogatory)
preciˈsianism noun preciˈsianist noun A precisian preciˈsion noun - The quality of being precise
- Exactness
- Minute accuracy
- Mental separation or abstraction of ideas, etc (partly associated with prescission (see under prescind); Berkeley)
- Reliability, reproducibility or repeatability (statistics, etc)
- A precise definition (obsolete)
adjective Operating, or carried out, with minute accuracy precisˈionist noun - Someone who insists on precision
- A purist
precisive /pri-sīˈsiv/ adjective - Dividing off, separating or abstracting mentally
- Relating to precision
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