English Explanatory Dictionary

exact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
  2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
  3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
  4. Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
  5. Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
verb
  1. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
  2. To make desirable or necessary.
  3. To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
adv
  1. exactly

Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈzækt/ /ɛɡ-/ En-us-exact.ogg

Word forms

exact exacter more exact exactest most exact exacts exacting exacted

Etymology

From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).

Synonyms

spot on perfect true correct precise strict just precisely accurately

Antonyms

inexact imprecise approximate loose

Derived words

exactamundo exact change exact cover exactification exactify exactly exactment exactness exact rhyme exact same exact science exact sequence long exact sequence nonexact overexact same exact short exact sequence superexact unexact exactable exacter exacting exaction exactor unexacted
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