accurate | ||
1. | [ adjective ] conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | |
Examples: | "an accurate reproduction" "the accounting was accurate" "accurate measurements" "an accurate scale" |
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Related terms: | inaccurate true close straight dead-on dead-on high-fidelity veracious surgical correct precise exact accuracy | |
2. | [ adjective ] (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct | |
Synonyms: | exact precise | |
Examples: | "a precise image" "a precise measurement" |
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Related terms: | correct | |
3. | [ adjective ] exact in performance or amount; strictly correct | |
Synonyms: | exact precise | |
Examples: | "a precise instrument" "a precise measurement" |
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Related terms: | correct | |
Similar spelling: |
accurately acerate acquired |