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exacting

English

Etymology

exact +? -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???zækt??/
  • Rhymes: -ækt??
  • Hyphenation: ex?act?ing

Adjective

exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)

  1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
  2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
  3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

Synonyms

  • (difficult to satisfy): demanding
  • (requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention): demanding, niggly, pernickety
  • (characterized by exaction): acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious

Translations

Verb

exacting

  1. Present participle and gerund of exact.

Derived terms

  • exactingly
  • exactingness

See also

  • Thesaurus:fastidious
  • Thesaurus:meticulous

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decisive

English

Etymology

From Middle French décisif

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??sa?s?v/
  • Rhymes: -a?s?v

Adjective

decisive (comparative more decisive, superlative most decisive)

  1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
    A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
    A decisive vote
  2. Marked by promptness and decision.
    A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

Synonyms

  • decided
  • positive
  • conclusive

Antonyms

  • indecisive

Derived terms

  • decisively
  • decisiveness

Related terms

  • decidable
  • decided

Translations

References

  • decisive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • decisive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • iDevices

Italian

Adjective

decisive

  1. feminine plural of decisivo

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