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exact

exact

901 3.2
Completely correct in every small detail
  • adjective
  • /ɪɡˈzækt/
translation icon : exacto
  • So yeah, this is the exact same thing.
  • an exact agreement
  • the exact opposite
  • the exact nature

And you were wearing the exact same green.

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Examples

  • You're doing this at the exact right time.

  • Thus, it is important to understand the exact nature of the complexity-richness relationship.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We're all made from the exact same thing.

  • And you were wearing the exact same green.

  • Using his method, I recorded the exact p values for each study in this review.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The result will certainly not be greater than the exact result, but it may be smaller.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The ability to give the exact name was not well developed in this sample.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Leonard thinks back, trying to recall the exact moment he realized he was "alive."

    Fiction book (1990)
  • So you can go to Detroit and get the exact same hamburger you got in Baltimore.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Before finalizing the plans, we need to verify the exact measurements of the room.

Synonyms

accurate
vsexact
680 3.0

Exactly correct in every detail

stresses strict conformity to fact and full completeness
precise
vsexact
286 3.6

Exactly correct and clear about small details

is about full factual correctness rather than only definition clarity
dead on
vsexact
6 4.8

Exactly correct about a fact or answer

serves as the neutral, formal term for total correctness
letter-perfect
vsexact
1 5.8

Exactly correct in every word, matching the original text

is correct in every detail without focusing on matching wording

Antonyms

29 3.9

Nearly correct or exact but not completely

5 5.1

Not completely correct or exact

How Accurate

exact
901 3.2
accurate
680 3.0
approximate
29 3.9
inaccurate
113 4.3

Surface Forms

exact positive
exacter comparative
exactest superlative

Etymology

Exact comes from Latin ex- 'out' and agere 'to drive', the same root as act, and it originally meant to test or drive something until nothing more was left. Think of measuring or checking until it is perfectly 'right', which is why exact means very precise and completely correct.