Text: 1 meeting the highest standard of accuracy<a machine which takes very precise measurements>Synonymsaccurate, close, delicate, exact, fine, hairline, mathematical, pinpoint, rigorousRelated Wordscorrect, right, strict, true; definite, definitive; nice, subtle; careful, fastidious, finickyNear Antonymsapproximate, round; false, incorrect, untrue, wrong; careless, loose; indefinite, unclear, vague; doubtful, dubious, questionable, unreliable, untrustworthyAntonymscoarse, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, rough 2 being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard<gave very precise answers to the members of the investigative committee>— see correct 1 3 being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent<gave him the precise amount that he owed him>— see even 1 4 following an original exactly<a precise translation of the original Greek>— see faithful 2 5 of a particular or exact sort<at that precise moment the lights went out>— see express 1

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