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Meaning of 'exact'
Meaning of 'exact' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Exact 
[ a.]
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth;
perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any
respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he
paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. [ a.]- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
2. Exact [ v. i.]
- To practice exaction. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'exact' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. exact [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Example in sentence:
- the accident claimed three lives;
- The hard work took its toll on her
Meaning (2):
- claim as due or just
- claim as due or just
Example in sentence:
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
2. exact [ a]
[ a]Meaning (3):
- marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
- marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Example in sentence:
- an exact copy;
- an exact mind;
- hit the exact center of the target
3. exact [ s]
[ s]Meaning (4):
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
Example in sentence:
- a precise image;
- a precise measurement
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