Sunday, July 28, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: exact

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]
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Jul 29th 2013, 06:44, by 108.65.144.254

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* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|tikslus}}

 

* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|tikslus}}

 

* Macedonian: {{t|mk|точен|tr=tóčen|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|прецизен|tr=précizen|sc=Cyrl}}

 

* Macedonian: {{t|mk|точен|tr=tóčen|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|прецизен|tr=précizen|sc=Cyrl}}

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* Novial: {{tø|nov|exacti}}

 

* Persian: {{t+|fa|دقیق|tr=daqiq|sc=fa-Arab}}

 

* Persian: {{t+|fa|دقیق|tr=daqiq|sc=fa-Arab}}

 

* Polish: {{t+|pl|dokładny}}

 

* Polish: {{t+|pl|dokładny}}


Latest revision as of 06:44, 29 July 2013

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

precisely agreeing

habitually careful

precisely conceived or stated

such that kernel equals image

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

To demand and enforce

To make desirable or necessary

To forcibly obtain or produce

Derived terms[edit]

External links[edit]


Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

exact m (feminine exacte, masculine plural exacts, feminine plural exactes)

  1. exact, precise

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French exact.

Adjective[edit]

exact

  1. exact, precise

Adverb[edit]

exact

  1. exactly, precisely

See also[edit]

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