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Definitions and Meaning of exact in English
exact (v)
claim as due or just
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
exact (a)
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
exact (s)
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
exact (a.)
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
exact (v. i.)
To practice exaction.
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exact
claim as due or just, take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs, marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact, (
accurate,Correct,good,precise,proper,TRUE,dead-on,legitimate,logical,perfect
FALSE,improper,inaccurate,incorrect,off,not true,wrong,defective,faulty,imperfect
exacritude => exactitude, exacination => examination, exacinate => exact, exacervation => exacerbation, exacerrating => exaggerating,
