exactitude

noun

ex·​ac·​ti·​tude ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌtüd How to pronounce exactitude (audio)
-ˌtyüd
: the quality or an instance of being exact : exactness

Examples of exactitude in a Sentence

after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
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Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude. Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025 The serenity and quiet exactitude of those outings correspond perfectly with main sport. Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025 This itself is chic, and to this New Yorker spectacularly Parisian: the intensity, the exactitude, the jagged blades of ambition. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for exactitude

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from exact exact entry 2 + -i- -i- + -tude -tude

First Known Use

1734, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exactitude was in 1734

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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exactitude. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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exactitude

noun
ex·​ac·​ti·​tude ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌt(y)üd How to pronounce exactitude (audio)
: the quality or state of being exact

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