accurate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in the 1610's.
- (exactness): First attested in the 1650's.
- From Latin accūrātus (“done with care”), perfect past participle of accūrō (“take care of”); from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“take care”), from cūra (“care”).
- See cure.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
accurate (comparative accurater or more accurate, superlative accuratest or most accurate)
- In exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page x
- For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page x
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
- Bacon
- Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.
- Bacon
Usage notes [edit]
- 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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Translations [edit]
exact or careful conformity to truth
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Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Adjective [edit]
accurate
- the inflected formFAQ of accuraat
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
accurate f pl
- feminine plural form of accurato
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From accūrātus (“elaborate, exact”)
Adverb [edit]
accūrātē (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē)
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
