exact

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From Old French < Mediaeval Latin exactare, reg. < Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test) < ex (out) + agō (drive).

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exact (comparative more exact, superlative most exact)

Positive
exact

Comparative
more exact

Superlative
most exact

  1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
    The clock keeps exact time.
    He paid the exact debt.
    an exact copy of a letter
    exact accounts
  2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual
    a man exact in observing an appointment
    In my doings I was exact.
  3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

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Infinitive
to exact

Third person singular
exacts

Simple past
exacted

Past participle
exacted

Present participle
exacting

to exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)

  1. (transitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
  2. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
  3. (transitive) To forcibly obtain or produce.
    to exact revenge

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exact m. (f. exacte, m. plural exacts, f. plural exactes)

  1. exact, precise