Accurate

English

Etymology

From Latin accūrātus, perfect past participle of accūrō (“‘take care of’”); from ad- (“‘to, towards, at’”) + cūrō (“‘take care’”), from cūra (“‘care’”). See cure.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈækjərɪt/

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Adjective

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1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
   • Template:RQ:Schuster Hepaticae V

     For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.

2. (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
   • Bacon

     Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.

Usage notes

• We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
• We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
• We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
• We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.

Synonyms

• correct
• exact
• just
• nice
• particular

Antonyms

• inaccurate

Derived terms

• accuracy
• accurately

Translations

exact or careful conformity to truth

Bulgarian: точен bg(bg), прецизен bg(bg) Czech: přesný cs(cs) f. Dutch: accuraat nl(nl), precies nl(nl), exact nl(nl), trefzeker nl(nl), nauwkeurig nl(nl) Finnish: tarkka fi(fi), täsmällinen fi(fi), paikkansapitävä fi(fi) French: précis fr(fr), exact fr(fr) Greek: ακριβής el(el) (akrivis) Indonesian: akurat, teliti, tepat, cermat, titis Interlingua: accurate, precise, exacte, juste

Japanese: 正確 (せいかく, seikaku), 精密 (せいみつ, seimitsu) Polish: dokładny pl(pl) Portuguese: preciso pt(pt) m., exato pt(pt) m., acurado pt(pt) m., justo pt(pt) m. Russian: аккуратный ru(ru) (akkuratnij), правильный ru(ru) (pravilnij) Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach gd(gd) Spanish: preciso es(es) m., exacto es(es) m., justo es(es) m., correcto es(es) m., Swahili: sanifu sw(sw) Telugu: ఖచ్చితమైన (khachchitamaina)

Anagrams

• aaccertu, carucate

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Dutch

Adjective

accurate

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Italian

Adjective

Accurate (feminine plural)

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Anagrams

• aaccertu, cacature

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Latin

Etymology

From accūrātus (“‘elaborate, exact’”)

Adverb

accūrātē (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē)

1. carefully, precisely, exactly

Related terms

• accūrātiō
• accūrātus
• accūrō

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)