exact
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exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
adjective
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exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXACT
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fully and completely correct or accurate
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the exact time
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an exact copy/duplicate/replica/reproduction
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Those were his exact words.
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The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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We don't know the exact nature of the problem.
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Predicting the path of hurricanes is not an exact science.
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[more exact; most exact]
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very careful and accurate
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The police have an exact description of the killer.
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Please take the most exact measurements possible.
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exact [=precise] instruments
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He is very exact in the way he solves a problem.
exact opposite
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the complete opposite
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I realize now that I have tried to make my work the exact opposite of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]
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He used to be romantic, but now he's the exact opposite. [=now he is not at all romantic]
exact same
or US same exact
— used as a more forceful way to say “same”
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We grow the exact same vegetables in our garden every year.
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They showed up at the party in the same exact outfits.
to be exact
— used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
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that afternoon, June 22, to be exact
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They had many children—seven, to be exact.
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He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, to be exact—to attend the wedding.
— exactness
noun [noncount]-
mathematical exactness [=precision]
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exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
verb
exacts;
exacted;
exacting
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exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
verb
exacts;
exacted;
exacting
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXACT
[+ object]
formal
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to demand and get (something, such as payment or revenge) especially by using force or threats
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They would not rest until they had exacted revenge.
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He was able to exact a promise from them.
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— used in phrases like exact a terrible toll and exact a high/heavy price to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.
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The war has exacted a terrible toll.
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These mistakes have exacted a heavy price.
