different between exact vs enjoin
exact
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Medieval Latin exactare, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exig? (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + ag? (“drive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Adjective
exact (comparative exacter or more exact, superlative exactest or most exact)
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
Synonyms
- (precisely agreeing): perfect, true, correct, precise
- (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): strict
- spot on
Antonyms
- (precisely agreeing): inexact, imprecise, approximate
- (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): loose
Derived terms
- exactly
- exactness
- exact sequence
Translations
Verb
exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
- He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
- 2018, Edo Konrad, "Living in the constant shadow of settler violence", +972 Magazine:
- 2020 September 19, statement of Clarence Thomas on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg[1]:
- She was a superb judge who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us, whether in agreement or disagreement.
- 2020, Kristine Henriksen Garroway, John W. Martens, Children and Methods (page 139)
- […] a generic, strikingly universal, deity, “ha-elohim,” who tests, who exacts and extracts, and who is the object of fear […]
- (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- 1632, Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour
- My designs exact me in another place.
- 1632, Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour
- (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
- to exact revenge on someone
Usage notes
- Often used with the preposition from or on.
Derived terms
- exactable
- exacter
- exacting
- exactor
Translations
Adverb
exact (comparative more exact, superlative most exact)
- exactly
Synonyms
- (error-free manner): accurately, just, precisely; see also Thesaurus:exactly
Further reading
- exact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- exact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exact at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French exact, from Middle French exact, from Latin ex?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?kt/
- Hyphenation: exact
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
exact (comparative exacter, superlative exactst)
- exact, precise
Inflection
Derived terms
- exactheid
Descendants
- Afrikaans: eksak
French
Etymology
From Latin ex?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.zakt/, (old-fashioned) /??.za/
Adjective
exact (feminine singular exacte, masculine plural exacts, feminine plural exactes)
- exact; precise
Derived terms
- exactement
- science exacte
Further reading
- “exact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French exact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e??zakt/
Adjective
exact m or n (feminine singular exact?, masculine plural exac?i, feminine and neuter plural exacte)
- exact, precise
Declension
Adverb
exact
- exactly, precisely
See also
- precis
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enjoin
English
Etymology
From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d???n/, /?n?d???n/, /?n?d???n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Verb
enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 9 [1]
- I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:
- 1611, King James Bible - Esther 9:31, [2]
- to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 9 [1]
- (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
- 1989, Western Oregon Program—Management of Competing Vegetation: Proposed Record of Decision, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Chapter 1, p. 9, [4]
- In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).
- 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
- the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law
- 1989, Western Oregon Program—Management of Competing Vegetation: Proposed Record of Decision, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Chapter 1, p. 9, [4]
Related terms
- injunction (noun)
Translations
References
- enjoin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “enjoin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- enjoin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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