English Explanatory Dictionary

accurate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
  2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
  3. On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
  4. Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
  5. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Pronunciation

/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/ /ˈak.jə.ɹɪt/ /-ət/ /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ /ˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/ En-us-accurate.ogg /ˈæk.ɹɪt/ /ˈæk.ə.ɹɪt/ /əkjʊˈreʈ/

Word forms

accurate more accurate most accurate

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusbor. English accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- + cūrō. First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

Synonyms

correct exact just nice particular unerring precise

Antonyms

inaccurate

Derived words

accuracy accurately accurateness accurize biblically accurate hyperaccurate nonaccurate overaccurate superaccurate unaccurate

Translations

Arabic: مَضْبُوط Arabic: دَقِيق Armenian: ճիշտ Azerbaijani: dəqiq Basque: doi Belarusian: дакладны́ Bulgarian: то́чен Bulgarian: преци́зен Catalan: exacte Catalan: precís Chinese Mandarin: 準確 /准确 Czech: přesný Dutch: accuraat Dutch: precies Dutch: exact Dutch: trefzeker Dutch: nauwkeurig Esperanto: preciza Estonian: täpne Finnish: tarkka Finnish: täsmällinen Finnish: paikkansapitävä Finnish: täsmä- French: précis French: exact French: juste Georgian: ზუსტი German: genau German: präzise German: exakt Greek: ακριβής Ancient Greek: ἀκριβής Hindi: सटीक Hungarian: pontos Icelandic: nákvæm Indonesian: akurat Indonesian: teliti Indonesian: tepat Indonesian: cermat Indonesian: titis Ingrian: tocnoi Interlingua: accurate Interlingua: precise Interlingua: exacte Interlingua: juste Irish: beacht Italian: accurato Italian: preciso Italian: esatto Italian: giusto Japanese: 正確な Japanese: 精密な Khmer: ត្រឹម Korean: 정확한 Latin: accūrātus Latvian: precīzs Lithuanian: tikslus Macedonian: то́чен Macedonian: пре́цизен Malay: tepat Malay: jitu Māori: tōtika Norman: juste Occitan: exacte Occitan: precís Persian: دقیق Polish: dokładny Polish: akuratny Portuguese: preciso Portuguese: exato Portuguese: acurado Portuguese: justo Portuguese: certeiro
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