precise
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- præcise (archaic)
Adjective [edit]
precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)
- exact, accurate
- 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:
- A memory is "precise" when the occurrences that would verify it are narrowly circumscribed: for instance, "I met Jones" is precise as compared to "I met a man." A memory is "accurate" when it is both precise and true, i.e. in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.
- 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:
- (sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:meticulous
Antonyms [edit]
- (exact, accurate): inexact, imprecise
- (consistent): inconsistent, varying
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
exact
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(sciences) clustered close together
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
precise pl
- feminine form of preciso
Verb [edit]
precise f
precise
- third-person singular past historic of precidere
Anagrams [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
precise
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of precisar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of precisar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of precisar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of precisar
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
precise (infinitive precisar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of precisar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of precisar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of precisar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of precisar.
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- Spanish verb forms
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