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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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excise
English
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).
Alternative forms
- excize (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??k?sa?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Noun
excise (countable and uncountable, plural excises)
- A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
- Andrew Hou?toun and Adam Mu?het, being Tack?men of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
- 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise",
- A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
- 1787, Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8,
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts […] of the United States;
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
Synonyms
- excise tax
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
- To impose an excise tax on something.
Etymology 2
From French exciser, from Latin excisus, past participle of exc?d? (“cut out”), from ex (“out of, from”) + caed? (“cut”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k?sa?z/, /?k?sa?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?sa?z/
Verb
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
- To cut out; to remove.
- 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
- In revising the book I […] have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
- 1987, Ann Rule, page 442 of Small Sacrifices,
- Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
- 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
Related terms
- excision
Translations
French
Verb
excise
- first-person singular present indicative of exciser
- third-person singular present indicative of exciser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exciser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of exciser
- second-person singular imperative of exciser
Latin
Participle
exc?se
- vocative masculine singular of exc?sus
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