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Search "precise" in: preciseOne entry found. Entry Word: precise Function: adjective Meaning: 1 meeting the highest standard of accuracy <a machine which takes very precise measurements> Synonyms accurate, close, delicate, exact, fine, hairline, mathematical, pinpoint, rigorous Related Words correct, right, strict, true; definite, definitive; nice, subtle; careful, fastidious, finicky Near Antonyms approximate, round; false, incorrect, untrue, wrong; careless, loose; indefinite, unclear, vague; doubtful, dubious, questionable, unreliable, untrustworthy Antonyms coarse, 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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