exact.
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
To make desirable or necessary.
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
to exact revenge on someone
Where this word comes from
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”).
exactly
She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
Where this word comes from
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”).
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