accurate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 Related terms 4.3 References

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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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈækjərɪt/
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[edit] Adjective

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.

[edit] Usage notes

• 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• correct
• exact
• just
• nice
• particular

[edit] Antonyms

• inaccurate

[edit] Derived terms

• accuracy
• accurately

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaccertu
• carucate

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[edit] Dutch

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accurate

1. Inflected form of accuraat.

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[edit] Italian

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accurate (feminine plural)

1. Feminine plural form of accurato.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From accūrātus (“‘elaborate, exact’”)

[edit] Adverb

accūrātē (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē)

1. carefully, precisely, exactly

[edit] Related terms

• accūrātiō
• accūrātus
• accūrō

[edit] References

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