exact

About 23.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective 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.

2. adjective Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

   a man exact in observing an appointment

3. adjective Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
4. adjective Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
5. adjective Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
6. verb To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

   to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone

7. verb To make desirable or necessary.
8. verb To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.

   to exact revenge on someone

Similar words

perfect accurate precise literal verbatim word-for-word right direct demand rigorous

Often followed by

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Word family

exactable exacted exacter exacters exactest exacting exactness exactnesses exactor exactors