accuracy
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈækjərəsi/
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precisión
- The software program recorded the accuracy and response times of participants' answers.
- speed and accuracy
- accuracy rate
- accuracy score
You're taking a relatively short clip that confirms the accuracy of your story.
- You're taking a relatively short clip that confirms the accuracy of your story.
- Same thing with three-point shooting accuracy improvements in reaction time.
- You can go in and with great accuracy, edit a gene or insert a gene.
- I was demanding truth, accuracy and respect.
Examples
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The accuracy of the weather forecast improved significantly after the new models were implemented.
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A basic question is, how can educational efforts improve the accuracy of bullying surveys?
Academic text (2011) -
And you ask what is the accuracy of this approach?
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So a lot of systems, a lot of people have shown that accuracy is important.
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What could I say, in the interest of accuracy, about my activities at that time?
Fiction book (1993) -
On the day of data collection, the investigators again confirmed the accuracy of the model and activity used.
Academic text (2011) -
I cannot say with total accuracy why I was in midtown that day and time.
Fiction book (1997) -
As each group performed for the class, Adam assessed the accuracy of each student's performance using sixteenth notes.
Academic text (2011) -
We had precision equipment and the accuracy required was down to, you know, 1/1,000 of an inch or so.
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Abstract learnings, too, require visual representations to learn from, so that accuracy in concept development is possible.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
157
4.2
The quality of being exact and giving the same result when repeated
18
7.0
How accurately a system plays back sound or pictures from a source
8
3.5
A state of being accurate and matching facts or rules
2
8.4
Careful attention to small details that makes things correct
2
4.1
A state of being accurate and free from mistakes
Being exact and clear about small details
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
Antonyms
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accuracy comes from a Latin root that means 'care' — the root cura means 'care', and the word originally meant something done with care. So, accuracy means being correct and exact because careful work brings you close to the true answer.