exact
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.”
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
“a man exact in observing an appointment”
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
Verb 3 meanings
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
“to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone”
To make desirable or necessary.
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
“to exact revenge on someone”
Adverb 1 meaning
exactly
“She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!”
Etymology
From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
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EXACT at a glance
EXACT has 5 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,881 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with exact
All rhymesOne letter away
- ENACT7
- EXALT12
- EPACT9
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