Exact

Definition: Exact

Exact

Adjective

1. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target".

2. Exact in performance or amount; strictly correct; "a precise instrument"; "a precise measurement".

Verb

1. Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan".

2. Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exact" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Exact \Ex*act"\, intransitive verb. To practice exaction. [Rare]. (references)

EXACT

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Synonyms: Exact

Command

Bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on; (compel).

Conciseness

Adjective: concise, brief, short, terse,close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious; (compendium); succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.

Dueness

Demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.

Duty

Impose a duty; Noun: enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

Greed

Verb: covet, crave (desire); grasp; exact, extort.

Insolence

Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.

Instantaneity

Epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute; very time, very hour; present time, right time, true time, exact correct time.

Memory

Retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.

Observance

Adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity; (probity); exact; -observance.

Perspicuity

Adjective: lucid; (intelligible); explicit; (manifest); exact.

Price

Verb: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill; (debt); have one's price; liquidate.

Similarity

Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.

Truth

Plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an -illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing.

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Undueness

Infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to.

Crosswords: Exact

Dutch (exact, exactly, sharp), French (accurate, adroit, correct, exact, faithful, proper, right, true), Romanian (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it).

You just described the exact contents of my purse (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

My parents pulled this exact same act for years (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Barry can pick out the exact right flavor of ice cream to follow any meal (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel)

It's the same exact thing (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

This is my exact inner structure, done in a tee shirt (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

in the exact same way they never did (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

As a matter of taste to be exact ("My Guy"; performing artist: Mary Wells)

Right and exact (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

Exact estimate (references; author: unknown)

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different. (references; author: unknown)

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References

• Exact Holding NV: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Ancient & Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur Knorr (Csli Lecture Notes) (reference)

• Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica: Catalogue of Works in Many Tongues on Exact and Applied Science, With a Subject-Index (reference)

• Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations (reference)

• Handbook of Exact Solutions for Ordinary Differential Equations, Second Edition (reference)

• Infinite Families of Exact Sums of Squares Formulas, Jacobi (reference)

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Music

• Exact [IMPORT] (reference)

• Exact Science (reference)

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High Tech

• OREGON SCIENTIFIC RRM112A EXACT SET CLOCK AND RADIO (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Braun EP100 Exact Power Beard Trimmer (reference)

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Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

White woman patient is being operated on. Her nipple is being incised by the surgeon. The surgeon and an operating room attendant are visible (there may actually be two surgeons). A surgical biopsy is being performed to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Figure 23. Kofoid net devised by Charles A. Kofoid of the University of Califor nia at Berkeley in 1909. Above: in the functioning position. Lower left: in descent. Lower right: upon ascent. This net sampling system was meant to guarantee the verticality of the cable and sampling at the exact depth desired. It was tested off San Diego in 1909 at 1000 meters depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 38. Hygrometer register, built to record variations in relative humidity. The hygrometer is built on principles discovered by Horace Benedict Saussure in 1783 and uses the changes in length of human hair and animal hair with humidity to derive relative humidity. The exact age of this recording instrument is unknown. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lawyer: now, sir, remember you are under oath, and must tell me the exact truth, this young lady, at the moment you describe, was sitting on your lap?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Columbus Day. This tiny vessel sailed the Atlantic Ocean. The 42-foot "Niña II" is an exact replica of the Columbus ship ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Though they look like satin cushions, these smoothly sanded instrument protectors are made from plywood. Exact purpose of the covers is a military secret. Workers in the foreground are fitting the door on a complet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Checking on exact fill of cans in cherry canning plant. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

New York: a birdseye view from the harbor, showing Manhattan Island in its surroundings, with various points of interest in the city and the location of Rogers, Peet & Co.'s building, the exact center of the clothing trade in New York City. Credit: Library of Congress.

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To every villainous meanness of this model man it gave a hidden, higher, Socialistic interpretation, the exact contrary of its real character. (reference)

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Here it is necessary that we should give an exact idea of the dwelling of the Bishop of D__.

His apprehension was so clear, and his judgment so exact, that he made very wise reflections and observations upon all I said

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Health

The exact cause is not always known. (references)

The more specific the question, the more exact the response. (references)

Usually, the exact cause of the muscle damage is never found. (references)

Business

Bid only on the exact specifications listed in the tender. (references)

Exporters should consult the local Dutch customs authorities for exact import duty values. (references)

It is known that many factories ceased operations during this time, but exact figures are not available. (references)

Children

Maldives

Although unable to provide an exact number, the Ministry noted that there continued to be reports of child abuse during the year, including sexual abuse. (references)

Ghana

Trokosi shrines all follow these general practices; however, specific practices, such as the length of indoctrination, the exact nature of the ritual instruction, and the requirements for the release rites, vary from shrine to shrine and district to district. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

However, information regarding the exact procedure for registering a religious denomination was not available. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

The refurbished equipment must meet the exact same performance of new equipment. (references)

Oman

As of 2001, the exact means and manner in which it intends to privatize GTO were still under discussion. (references)

Ukraine

Market size analysis is complicated by the difficulty in obtaining exact statistical data from Ukrainian institutions. (references)

Human Rights

Burundi

U.N. security forces reported numerous ambushes during the year; however, no exact figure was available. (references)

Zimbabwe

A number of farm workers reportedly were killed in political violence; however, exact figures were not known. (references)

Lebanon

Human rights activists believe that there are still Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons; however, the exact number is unknown. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

During the raids, the militias, which frequently are not paid by the Government for their services, exact their own remuneration from the villages. (references)

Colombia

Exact numbers of displaced persons are difficult to obtain because some persons were displaced more than once, and many displaced persons do not register with the Government or other entities. (references)

Colombia

However, while no consensus exists regarding the exact number of internally displaced persons (IDP's), observers agreed that there has been a significant increase in displacements over the past 3 years. (references)

Trade

Chad

Identification numbers on bills of lading, airway bills and invoices must be exact. (references)

Argentina

Please consult a freight forwarder, an insurance company, a port terminal, or a customs broker for exact costs. (references)

Spain

Declarations must use the exact terminology of the tariff classification under which the goods are being imported. (references)

Travel

Syria

Exact date to be confirmed. (references)

Chad

NB: (M) - Muslim holidays are based on the lunar calendar and the exact dates may vary in different countries. (references)

Kuwait

It is always best to call ahead to confirm directions and the exact location of the company or ministry one intends to visit. (references)

Women

Malta

Although exact figures were not available, there were some prosecutions during the year. (references)

Guinea

FGM is performed on girls and women between the ages of 4 and 70, but exact figures on this procedure are difficult to establish. (references)

Russia

There has been no substantial research in this area, so exact figures are unavailable; however, women's average incomes generally are estimated to be significantly below average male incomes. (references)

Worker Rights

Latvia

Latvia is primarily a country of origin and transit for trafficked victims rather than a destination, although no exact statistics are available. (references)

Ukraine

While exact membership is unknown, there were estimated to be approximately 3 million members of non-FPU members and 14 million members of FPU-affiliated unions. (references)

Guinea

Approximately 160,000 workers were reported as unionized, although inadequate labor statistics make it difficult to estimate the exact percentage of workers in unions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "exact": exact age ♦ exact correct time ♦ exact fare ♦ exact sciences ♦ exact time. Additional references.

Beginning with "exact": exact-stats.

Afrikaans

reg (correct, jurisprudence, law, proper, right, true), juis (accurate, correct, precise, proper, right). (various references)

Albanian

kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), i saktë (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, explicit, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, Pat, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, strict, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), i përpiktë (neat, orderly, painstaking, precise, punctilious, right, scrupulous), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متقن (accurate, artful, dexterous, dextrous, excellent, exquisite, masterful, masterly, neat, perfect, precise, skilful, skillful, subtle), ‏مضبوط (accurate, all right, correct, ok, okay, okey, perfect, precise, proper, right, sound, valid), ‏مدقق (inspected, investigated, pedantic, scanned, scrupulous, scrutinized), ‏تطلب (ask, call, call for, claim, demand, need, require, take, want), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, extreme, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stark, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ‏إنتزع (conquer, draw, extort, extract, get smth. off one's hands, grab, snatch, swagger, tear, tear out, twitch, wrest, wring, yank), ‏إغتصب (assault, assume, commandeer, convert, extort, force, rape, wring), ‏إبتز (blackmail, carry favor, carry favour, diddle, extort, outdistance, pump, squeeze out, sting, swindle), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references)

Bulgarian 

точен (accurate, careful, correct, express, faithful, just, literal, minute, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, strict, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), взискателен (choosey, exacting, exigent, fastidious, nice, rigorous, strict), настоявам за (stick out for, stipulate for), методичен (methodic, methodical, orderly, systematic, well-regulated), прецизен (accurate, businesslike, curious, pinpoint, precision, refined, sensitive, smart), искам настоятелно, изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, take, want), изискан (accomplished, classic, discerning, distinguished, elegant, exquisite, gracious, neat, nice, polished, polite, precise, recherche, refined, tasteful, urbane, well-rounded). (various references)

Catalan

exacte. (various references)

Chinese 

精密 (accuracy), 確切 (definite, precise), 确切, 準確 (accurate, precise). (various references)

Czech

exaktní (scientific), vynucovat, vymáhat (claw back), vyžadovat (ask, call for, claim, involve, necessitate, require, stipulate, take), přesný (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, correct, definite, faithful, just, literal, nice, precise, punctual, right, specific, strict, subtle, true, truthful). (various references)

Danish

rigtig (correct, proper, right). (various references)

Dutch

nauwkeurig (accurate, on time, prompt, punctual), exact (exactly, sharp), accuraat (accurate, exactly, on time, prompt, punctual, sharp). (various references)

Esperanto

ekzakta, rekvizicii (requisition, seize), ĝusta (correct, proper, right). (various references)

Faeroese

neyvur (accurate, precise), nágrannur, krevja (claim, demand, postulate, presume, require, requisition, seize), heinta (get, requisition, seize, send for), girnast (covet, requisition, seize). (various references)

Farsi 

کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Intact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified, Whole), تحمیل کردن بر, عینا (Just, Plumb, Slapdash, Smackdab, Very), عین (Self), صحیح (Authentic, Correct, Good, Integral, Right, Safe, True, Valid), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole), بزورمطالبه کردن , بزورگرفتن (Extort, Hog, Usurp, Wring). (various references)

Finnish

täsmällinen (accurate, on time, precise, prompt, punctual, strict). (various references)

French

exact, juste. (various references)

German

genau (absolute, accurate, accurately, bang, close, closely, correct, correctly, dead, detailed, directly, due, even, exacting, exactly, fairly, faithfully, fastidious, fine, finely, intimately, level, meticulous, meticulously, minutely, near, nice, nicely, on time, particular, pedantic, precise, precisely, prompt, properly, punctilious, punctual, quite, right, rigid, scrupulous, sharp, shrewd, smoothly, specific, specifically, Square, squarely, strict, strictly, true, very), richtig (accurate, affirmative, aright, correct, correctly, duly, fit, justly, proper, properly, quite, real, really, regular, right, rightly, thoroughly, true, unmitigated, unmitigatedly), pünktlich (accurate, meticulous, on time, on-time, precise, prompt, punctual, punctuality, punctually, sharp), exakt (accurate, concisely, exactly, meticulous, meticulously, minutely, precise, precisely, proper). (various references)

Greek 

απαιτώ (call for, claim, come down on, demand, entail, necessitate, postulate, require, requisition). (various references)

Hebrew 

מדויק (accurate, correct, precise, strict, unerring), מדוקדק (accurate, precise, rigorous, strict), לדרוש (demand, require), לסחוט (pinch, press, squeeze, tap, wring), לנשות (be dried up, dry), לנגוש (oppress, press, urge), קפדני (austere, meticulous, pedantic, punctilious, rigorous, stern, strait laced, strict, stringent, thorough), טפוף (flush), נכון (clear, correct, just, o.k., prepared, proper, ready, right, sound, true). (various references)

Hungarian

precíz (accurate, on time, orderly, painstaking, precise, prompt, punctual, stringent), szabatos (accurate, businesslike, crisp, nice, precise, punctual, strict, succinct), pontos (accurate, be precise, close, correct, distinct, expidite, faithful, near, nice, on time, particular, pinpoint, precise, prompt, punctual, strait, strict), egzakt. (various references)

Indonesian

tepat (accurate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, aptly, convenient, effective, exactly, opportune, precise, prompt, right), seksama (accurate, thorough), betul (correct, fine, really, right, true), akurat (accurate). (various references)

Italian

preciso (accurate, careful, clean, close, definite, identic, identical, on time, particular, positive, precise, prompt, pronounced, punctual, rigorous, strict, thorough, trenchant, true), esatto (accurate, attunes, careful, close, correct, definite, exactly, express, narrow, near, nice, on time, Plumb, prompt, punctual, right, strict, true, tunes). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

精密　 (detailed, precise), 精密 (close, detailed, minute, precise), 寸分たがわず　 (accurate, to the inch), 寸分たがわず (accurate, to the inch). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すんぶんたがわず (accurate, to the inch), せいみつ (close, detailed, minute, precise). (various references)

Korean 

엄정한. (various references)

Manx

kiart (accurate, concession, correct, due, just, level, orthodox, precise, prerogative, proper, pukka, right, thorough-paced, title, true, true real, undeviating), cruinn (accurate, circular, circumstantial, compact, consummate, detailed, round, scrupulous, spherical, strict, unambigous), corrym (adequate, amends, candid, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, flat, flat rate of pay, flush, impartial, justice, level, par, pregnant, revenge, satisfaction, tally, tantamount, treatment). (various references)

Norwegian

nøyaktig (exactly). (various references)

Papiamen

exacto. (various references)

Pig Latin

exactay.(various references)

Polish

właściwy (correct, proper, right). (various references)

Portuguese

exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, faithful, incorrupt, just, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

exata. (various references)

Romanian

exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it). (various references)

Russian 

точный (accurate, clockwork, correct, deadeye, definite, direct, neat, nice, perfect, pinpoint, precise, punctual, rigorous, strict). (various references)

Scottish

puncail (accurate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

egzaktan, tačan (accurate, clean-cut, correct, just, pinpoint, precise, punctual, veracious), precizan (precise, punctilious), iznuditi (extort, force, pry out, shake down), akuratan (regular). (various references)

Somali

go'an. (various references)

Spanish

exacto (accurate, apt, certain, correct, just, one-to-one, precise, proper, punctual, quite right, reliable, religious, right, strict, true, trust), preciso (accurate, correct, definite, necessary, pinpoint, precise, proper, requisite, right). (various references)

Swedish

noga (accurate, exactly, fastidious, precise, thoroughly, well), exakt (accurate, dead, definite, exactly, faithful, flat, just, precise, precisely, slap bang, veracious, very). (various references)

Tagalog

tamà (accurate, precise), tama (accurate, precise, right, righthand), hustó (accurate, enough, precise, quite, rather, sufficiently). (various references)

Thai

ถูกต้องแม่นยำ, ต้องการ (ask, lack, like, need, require, take). (various references)

Turkish

kati (conclusive, definite, flat, stark, stiff), dakik (minute, nice, precise, prompt, punctual, refined, rigorous), dayatmak (insist, stick out), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, due, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), gerçekçi (down to earth, hard-headed, literal, matter of fact, practical, realist, realistic), ısrarla istemek (importune, solicit), istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, require, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), tamı tamına (cool, exactly, fully), titiz (careful, choosy, cleanly, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, exacting, exigent, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, jealous, jealous of, meticulous, niggling, niminy-piminy, particular, peevish, pernickety, picky, rigorous, scrupulous, squeamish, touchy), zorla almak (extort, grab, rape, reave, Rob, snatch, squeeze, usurp, wrench, wrench smth. away from smb., wrench smth. from smb., wrest, wring), gerektirmek (beggar, call for, entail, imply, indicate, involve, necessitate, require, suppose, take, want). (various references)

Turkmen 

takyk, hut (just), dogry (straight, true). (various references)

Ukrainian

стягати (run back, twitch), точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), заслуговувати (deserve, earn, merit, need), пунктуальний (nice, precise, punctual, solicitous), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit, woo). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chính xác (accurate, breadth, exactly, precision, specifically, strict, stringent, truthful, unerring), đúng dắn (duly), đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, due, fair, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very). (various references)

Welsh

union (direct, just, straight), manwl (particular, precise, strict), dichlyn (careful, choose, circumspect, pick), cymwys (apt, fit, proper, suitable). (various references)

accuratus, exactus, exigo, subtilior, subtilis, sum, sumam, sumamus, sumas, sumat, sume, sumebant, sumenda, sumendi, sumens, sument, sumentes, sumere, sumerem, sumeret, sumes, sumesque, sumet, sumetis, sumetisque, sumetque, sumetur, sumit, sumite, sumpserim, sumpserint, sumpsero, sumpserunt, sumpsimus, sumpsisset, sumpsisti, sumpsit, sumpsitque, sumpta, sumptis, sumptu, sumptum, sumptumque, sumptus, sumunt, tribulabat, tribulabitur, tribulabo, tribulamini, tribulamur, tribulant, tribulantes, tribulantis, tribulantium, tribularentur, tribularer, tribulas, tribulasti, tribulato, tribulatus, tribulaverat, tribulaverunt, tribulavit, tribulor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "exact": exacta, exactable, exactas, exacted, exacter, exacters, exactest, exacting, exactingly, exactingness, exactingnesses, exaction, exactions, exactitude, exactitudes, exactly, exactness, exactnesses, exactor, exactors, exacts. (additional references)

Words ending with "exact": inexact. (additional references)

Words containing "exact": inexactitude, inexactitudes, inexactly, inexactness, inexactnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exact" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eacc, Ecacc, ecact, edact, Eeac, eggsact, egzact, ejact, Eksath, eract, evac, exa, exac, exacte, exacty, exanct, exant, Exarch, exat, exc, exca, excact, excta, exeat, exice, exict, exocit, expat, exrat, Extacy, Exwaste, ixact, xact. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cate, tace.

-2 letters: ace, act, ate, axe, cat, eat, eta, tae, tax, tea.

-3 letters: ae, at, ax, et, ex, ta.

+1 letter: exacta, exacts.

+2 letters: auxetic, coteaux, exactas, exacted, exacter, exactly, exactor, excreta, exotica, extract, inexact, taxemic.

+3 letters: acetoxyl, auxetics, cathexes, cathexis, chateaux, couteaux, epitaxic, exacters, exactest, exacting, exaction, exactors, excavate, excitant, excretal, execrate, exsecant, extracts, toxaemic.

+4 letters: acetoxyls, catalexes, catalexis, cataplexy, exactable, exactions, exactness, exarchate, excavated, excavates, excavator, excitable, excitants, excoriate, exculpate, execrated, execrates, execrator, executant, expectant, explicate, exsecants, exsiccate, extracted, extractor, extricate, exultance, exultancy, inexactly.