accurate

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin accūrātus, perfect past participle of accūrō (take care of); from ad- (to, towards, at) + cūrō (take care), from cūra (care). See cure.

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accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate)

Positive
accurate

Comparative
more accurate

Superlative
most accurate

  1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
  2. (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
    • Bacon
      Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.

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  • We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
  • We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
  • We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
  • We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.

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accurate

  1. Inflected form of accuraat.

[edit] Italian

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accurate (feminine plural)

  1. Feminine plural form of accurato.

[edit] Latin

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From accūrātus (elaborate, exact)

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accūrātē (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē)

  1. carefully, precisely, exactly

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[edit] References

  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)