Definitions for dead-on
dead-on

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1. dead-on(a)adjective

   accurate and to the point

   "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott

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1. dead-on

   Dead-on refers to something being exactly correct or accurate, directly in line with something, or happening precisely at a specific time. It can pertain to predictions, assessments, directions, timing, or aiming at a target. It suggests a high degree of accuracy or precision.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dead-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dead-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dead-on in a Sentence

1. Paul Preston:

   The three Californias measure is dead on arrival, it’s not constitutionally sound, and everybody recognizes it. Everybody I’ve been talking to — and I get flooded because we’ve got 50 counties engaged in our program — everybody’s absolutely appalled by it.

2. Mehdi Rajabian:

   This piece is the narrator of a human body that no longer has a physical presence, the feeling is for the time when I was on a hunger strike, between earth and sky, between life and death, between the living and the dead ... On the 29th day of the hunger strike, I opened my eyes that morning, and I did not know whether I was alive or dead, on earth or in heaven. I was in a trance. It was a strange feeling.

3. Tami Ruckman:

   The victim is always in the place of accusing someone of something nobody else could fathom that they would ever do, her story just sounds dead on, to me.

4. Wayne's World:

   Wayne Tell me, when the first show is over, will you still love me when I'm an incredibly humungoid giant star Cassandra Yeah. Wayne Will you still love me when I'm in my hanging-out-with-Ravi-Shankar phase Cassandra Yeah. Wayne Will you still love me when I'm in my carbohydrate, sequined-jumpsuit, young-girls-in-white-cotton-panties, waking-up-in-a-pool-of-your-own-vomit, bloated-purple-dead-on-a-toilet phase Cassandra Yeah. Wayne Okay, party. Bonus.

5. Pili Tobar:

   To say it's dead on arrival would be generous.

References

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