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.
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
Freebase
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
The whole brouhaha here is overblown to the point where there are cynical suggestions offered for the plain and simple truth that the chamber wanted only to release accurate information that they believed was totally unassailable, the chamber was never satisfied that the numbers that they were getting from D.O.H. were accurate. The chamber responded to the D.O.J. request with what they deemed to be totally accurate numbers. They didn’t want to have a public debate about other numbers at the same time.
Basically, all we’re doing is extending an olive branch, saying we want to make contact with this person. Of course, there’s no way of knowing whether the letter’s truthful or the information is accurate, but we are asking for whoever wrote the letter to please contact us. we’ve had several calls.
Whether this lesson is accurate is another question.
In terms of physical risk up, until now we've looked at the type of companies that are the most exposed. But now with more data we're able to get more specific, more accurate insights and therefore more useful outputs.
I walked into the door at the New Yorker with an explosive reportable piece that should have been public earlier, and immediately the New Yorker recognized that, and it is not accurate to say that it was not reportable. In fact, there were multiple determinations that it was reportable at NBC.
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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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