exact

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛɡˈzækt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ækt

Adjective

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.
4. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Synonyms

• (precisely agreeing): perfect, true, correct, precise
• (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): strict
• spot on

Antonyms

• (precisely agreeing): inexact, incorrect, imprecise
• (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): loose

Derived terms

• exactly
• exactness
• exact sequence

Translations

precisely agreeing

American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact Arabic: مضبوط (ar) (maDbuuT) Bulgarian: точен (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 正確 (cmn), 正确 (cmn) (zhèngquè), 準確 (cmn), 准确 (cmn) (zhǔnquè), 精密 (cmn) (jīngmì) Dutch: exact (nl), precies (nl) Esperanto: ekzakta (eo) Finnish: tarkka (fi), eksakti (fi), täsmällinen (fi) French: exact (fr) m., précis (fr) m.

German: exakt (de), genau (de) Greek: ακριβής (el) (akrivís) Italian: esatto (it) Japanese: (+ な -na) 正確 (ja) (せいかく, seikaku), 精密 (ja) (せいみつ, seimitsu), 詳しい (ja) (くわしい, kuwashii) Polish: dokładny (pl) Russian: точный (ru) (tóčnyj) Spanish: exacto (es) Swedish: exakt (sv)

habitually careful

Bulgarian: акуратен (bg) Dutch: exact (nl), precies (nl) Finnish: tarkka (fi), eksakti (fi), täsmällinen (fi) German: exakt (de), genau (de)

Italian: esatto (it) Scottish Gaelic: pongail (gd) Spanish: exacto (es)

precisely conceived or stated

American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact Bulgarian: верен (bg) Dutch: exact (nl), precies (nl) Finnish: tarkka (fi), eksakti (fi), täsmällinen (fi)

German: exakt (de) Scottish Gaelic: pongail (gd) Spanish: exacto (es)

such that kernel equals image

Verb

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

Translations

To demand and enforce

Bulgarian: изисквам (bg)

Derived terms

• exactable
• exacter
• exacting
• exactor

External links

• exact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• exact in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• exact at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡ.zakt/

• Audio

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Adjective

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

1. exact, precise

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Romanian

Etymology

From French exact.

Adjective

exact

1. exact, precise

Adverb

exact

1. exactly, precisely

See also

• precis