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Exact

verb
/ɪɡˈzækt/
Word Frequency: 23.2

Definitions

1.verbTo demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
"to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone"
2.verbTo make desirable or necessary.
3.verbTo inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
"to exact revenge on someone"
4.adjectivePrecisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
"He paid the exact debt."
5.adjectiveHabitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
"In my doings I was exact."
6.adjectivePrecisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
7.adjective(of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
8.adverbExactly
"She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!"

Synonyms

correctperfectprecisetruestrictspot onaccuratelyjustpreciselyaccurateliteralverbatim

Antonyms

approximateimpreciseinexactloose

Rhymes With

abstractimpactcompactactcontractenactcontactcounteract
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