exact
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exact/ɪɡˈzakt/
▶adjective not approximated in any way; precise.
■ accurate or correct in all details: an exact replica.
■ accurate and careful about minor details.
▶verb- 1 demand and obtain (something) from someone.
- 2 inflict (revenge) on someone.
– derivatives
exactable adjective,
exactitude noun,
exactness noun,
exactor noun.
exactable adjective,
exactitude noun,
exactness noun,
exactor noun.
– origin ME (as v.): from L. exact-, exigere ‘complete, ascertain, enforce’; the adj. reflects L. exactus ‘precise’.
'exact' also found in these Oxford entries:
brevity
- chapter
- clone
- copier
- counterfeit
- definite
- definition
- determinate
- duplicate
- exacta
- exactly
- exigency
- exigent
- exigible
- facsimile
- fax
- fix
- harmonic
- harmonic series
- hour
- indent
- literal
- living
- locate
- loose
- measure
- midpoint
- moment
- mot juste
- palingenesis
- precise
- register
- replica
- replicant
- replicate
- round
- spitting image
- strictly
- such
- surcharge
- symmetry
- true
- X-acto knife
