EXACT
/ɪɡˈzækt/
14
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/ɪɡˈzækt/
verb
- To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.“to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone”
- To make desirable or necessary.
- To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.“to exact revenge on someone”
adjective
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.“He paid the exact debt.”
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.“In my doings I was exact.”
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- (of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
adverb
- Exactly“She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!”
Source: Wiktionary
