What does accurate mean?
Definitions for accurate
ˈæk yər ɪtac·cu·rate
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Princeton's WordNet
accurateadjective
conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
"an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"
accurate, exact, preciseadjective
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
"a precise image"; "a precise measurement"
Wiktionary
accurateadjective
In exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
accurateadjective
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
accurateadjective
Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Etymology: * First attested in the 1610's.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ACCURATEadjective
Etymology: accuratus, Lat.
No man living has made more accurate trials than Reaumure, that brightest ornament of France. John Colson, Elements of Nat. Phil.
Wikipedia
accurate
Accuracy and precision are two measures of observational error. Accuracy is how close a given set of measurements (observations or readings) are to their true value, while precision is how close the measurements are to each other.
ChatGPT
accurate
Accurate refers to the quality of being precise, correct, or exact. It is characterized by the absence of errors or mistakes and perfect conformity to a standard, truth, or reality. It could pertain to pieces of information, measurements, results, actions, etc. that fulfills the criteria or specification intended.
accurate
Accurate refers to the correctness, precision, or exactness of something. It usually describes information, measurements, or predictions that are free from errors, mistakes or discrepancies, and align closely or exactly with the true or accepted standard or value.
Webster Dictionary
Accurateadjective
in exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc
Accurateadjective
precisely fixed; executed with care; careful
Wikidata
ACCURATE
ACCURATE was established in 2005 by a group of computer scientists, psychologists and policy experts to address problems with electronic voting. The NSF-funded organization seeks to provide fundamental research and reference materials about electronic voting for use by policy makers, vendors, the elections community and the general public.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Accurate
ak′kūr-āt, adj. done with care: exact.—n. Ac′curacy, correctness: exactness.—adv. Ac′curately.—n. Ac′curateness. [L. accuratus, performed with care (of things)—ad, to, cura, care.]
Editors Contribution
accurate
Exact and perfect.
It is important that press information is accurate.
Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'accurate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3399
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'accurate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3425
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'accurate' in Adjectives Frequency: #455
Anagrams for accurate »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of accurate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of accurate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of accurate in a Sentence
I think Chairman Gowdy's initial assessment's accurate, I think, but we have some more digging to do. We're waiting for some more document requests, it would have been helpful if we got this information earlier.
Mark Thompson of Colorado Carpenters:
When I approached the foreman for United Builders Service, I asked him how many workers he had on his crew. He looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘I don’t know,’ we pray there are no other workers missing, but how can the professionals be certain without an accurate count to start with?
As part of a highly regulated industry, Monsanto routinely responds to EPA requests for data and information about our products, monsanto fully respects the EPA's role in regulating pesticides, and we work to provide accurate information and answer questions to ensure that the agency can make decisions based on thorough and complete science.
I was a little disappointed that what Chelsea said was simply not accurate.
I think to say that everybody's completely happy and that we have everything we need is -- is not quite accurate.
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- دقيق, مضبوطArabic
- dəqiqAzerbaijani
- дакладны́Belarusian
- прецизен, точенBulgarian
- exacte, precísCatalan, Valencian
- přesnýCzech
- nøjagtigDanish
- präzise, genau, exaktGerman
- ακριβήςGreek
- precizaEsperanto
- justo, preciso, correcto, exactoSpanish
- täpneEstonian
- doiBasque
- دقیقPersian
- täsmällinen, tarkka, paikkansapitäväFinnish
- précis, exactFrench
- cinnteachScottish Gaelic
- pontosHungarian
- ճիշտArmenian
- exacte, juste, precise, accurateInterlingua
- tepat, titis, teliti, akurat, cermatIndonesian
- accuratoItalian
- 精密, 正確Japanese
- ზუსტიGeorgian
- ನಿಖರವಾದKannada
- 정확하다Korean
- accurateLatin
- tikslusLithuanian
- precīzsLatvian
- прецизен, точенMacedonian
- jitu, tepatMalay
- nauwkeurig, trefzeker, precies, exact, accuraatDutch
- nøyaktigNorwegian
- dokładnyPolish
- preciso, acurado, exato, justoPortuguese
- exactRomanian
- правильный, точный, аккуратныйRussian
- precizan, točan, прецизан, тачан, точан, tačanSerbo-Croatian
- presnýSlovak
- natančenSlovene
- exaktSwedish
- sanifuSwahili
- துல்லியமானதுTamil
- ఖచ్చితమైనTelugu
- kesin, dakikTurkish
- докладний, точнийUkrainian
- درستUrdu
- chính xácVietnamese
- פּינטלעךYiddish
- 準確Chinese
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