different between austere vs precise

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (aust?rós, “bitter, harsh”), having the specific meaning "making the tongue dry" (originally used of fruits, wines), related to ??? (aú?, “to singe”), ???? (aûos, “dry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /??st??(?)/, /???st??(?)/
• (US)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /??sti?/, enPR: ôst?r?
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American): IPA^(key): /??sti?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere)

1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

2. Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy

Synonyms

• (grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding
• (lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

Antonyms

• (not lacking trivial decoration): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

Derived terms

• austerity
• austerely

Translations

Italian

Adjective

austere f pl

1. feminine plural of austero

Latin

Adjective

aust?re

1. vocative masculine singular of aust?rus

References

• austere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• austere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ??????? (óstreon).

Pronunciation

Noun

austere f (5th declension)

1. oyster (certain edible bivalve mollusks of the order Ostreida)

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

austere m or f (plural austeres)

1. austere; severe

Old French

Alternative forms

• haustere
• auster (masculine only)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

austere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular austere)

1. (of a flavor) acrid; bitter
2. austere; severe

English

Alternative forms

• præcise (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French précis, from Latin praecisus. Doublet of précis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s
• Hyphenation: pre?cise

Adjective

precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)

1. exact, accurate

   Antonyms: inexact, imprecise

2. (sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)

   Antonyms: inconsistent, varying

3. adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:meticulous

Derived terms

• precisely
• prissy

Translations

Verb

precise (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English or European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.

Derived terms

• precising definition

Translations

Anagrams

• piecers, pierces, recipes

Italian

Adjective

precise

1. feminine plural of preciso

Participle

precise f pl

1. feminine plural of preciso

Verb

precise

1. third-person singular past historic of precidere

Anagrams

• perisce

Portuguese

Verb

precise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of precisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of precisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of precisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of precisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /p?e??ise/, [p?e??i.se]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /p?e?sise/, [p?e?si.se]

Verb

precise

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of precisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of precisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of precisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of precisar.