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accurate
English
Etymology
- First attested in the 1610s.
- (exactness): First attested in the 1650s.
- From Latin acc?r?tus (“done with care”), perfect past participle of acc?r? (“take care of”); from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + c?r? (“take care”), from c?ra (“care”).
- See cure.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æk.j?.??t/, /?æk.j?.??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æk.j?.??t/
Adjective
accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate)
- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Usage notes
- We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
- We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
- We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
- We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.
Synonyms
- correct
- exact
- just
- nice
- particular
Antonyms
- inaccurate
Derived terms
- accuracy
- accurately
Translations
Anagrams
- carucate
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
accurate
- Inflected form of accuraat
Interlingua
Adjective
accurate (comparative plus accurate, superlative le plus accurate)
- accurate
Related terms
- accuratia
Italian
Adjective
accurate f pl
- feminine plural of accurato
Anagrams
- cacature
Latin
Etymology
From acc?r?tus (“elaborate, exact”)
Adverb
acc?r?t? (comparative acc?r?tius, superlative acc?r?tissim?)
- carefully, precisely, exactly
Related terms
- acc?r?ti?
- acc?r?tus
- acc?r?
References
- accurate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accurate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accurate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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untrustworthy
English
Etymology
un- +? trustworthy
Adjective
untrustworthy (comparative more untrustworthy, superlative most untrustworthy)
- Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Synonyms
- (not deserving of trust, unreliable): inaccurate, insincere, unreliable
Antonyms
- (not deserving of trust, unreliable): true, accurate, sincere, faithful, reliable.
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