PRECISE

accurate, exact, precise

(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct; “a precise image”; “a precise measurement”

precise

(adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited; “a precise mind”; “specified a precise amount”; “arrived at the precise moment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)

exact, accurate

Antonyms: inexact, imprecise

(sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)

Antonyms: inconsistent, varying

adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious

Synonyms

• See also meticulous

Verb

precise (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

(nonstandard, used in NNES or the jargon of e.g. the European Union, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.

Anagrams

• piecers, pierces, recipes

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*cise", a. Etym: [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. précis. Cf. Concise.]

1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. Milton.

2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak.

Syn.

– Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.

– Pre*cise"ly, adv.

– Pre*cise"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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