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precise
[ pri-sahys ]
adjective
- definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
precise directions.
Synonyms: explicit
Antonyms: vague, indefinite
- being exactly that and neither more nor less:
a precise temperature;
a precise amount.
- being just that and no other:
the precise dress she had wanted.
- definite or exact in statement, as a person.
- carefully distinct:
precise articulation.
- exact in measuring, recording, etc.:
a precise instrument.
- excessively or rigidly particular:
precise observance of regulations;
precise grooming.
precise
/ prɪˈsaɪs /
adjective
- strictly correct in amount or value
a precise sum
- designating a certain thing and no other; particular
this precise location
- using or operating with total accuracy
precise instruments
- strict in observance of rules, standards, etc
a precise mind
Derived Forms
- preˈciseness, noun
Other Words From
- pre·cisely adverb
- pre·ciseness noun
- over·pre·cise adjective
- over·pre·cisely adverb
- over·pre·ciseness noun
- super·pre·cise adjective
- super·pre·cisely adverb
- super·pre·ciseness noun
- ultra·pre·cise adjective
- unpre·cise adjective
- unpre·cisely adverb
- unpre·ciseness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of precise1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
We categorize experiences as yeses, nos, and maybes based on risk, reward, and the precise ways our bodies like to feel.
This adds tension to combat encounters since one must be very precise.
Painterly yet precise, Joseph Cortina’s pictures indicate a substantial commitment to his art.
Now, Agol, Dorn and colleagues have made the most precise measurements of the TRAPPIST-1 masses yet.
Amazon’s Ring Neighbors app exposed users’ precise locations and home addresses
The goal is to create a literary anatomy of the last century—or, to be precise, from 1900 to 2014.
I spent half an hour measuring all around the president to get the 27 precise measurements I needed to craft a true custom suit.
I thought he was very intelligent, very gentle, soft-spoken, precise.
There is also striking lack of agreement among doctors about the precise definition of intersex.
Precise numbers are hard to come by, but reports indicate that the attacks killed hundreds of people, including children.
This again is inexact, since there are no precise figures of population that cover the period.
Suppose there was always something to do, what avails that to millions who know not how to do that precise something?
In the whole of anatomy there is no task so difficult as that of learning the precise attachments of the muscles of the back.
Organisation ensues, and the general conceptions of state-deities and state-ritual are made more definite and precise.
From these instruments have come all those precise examinations on which the accuracy of modern science intimately depends.
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