different between precise vs ritual

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.

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective r?tu?lis, from noun r?tuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?u.?l/

Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Derived terms

• ritually

Translations

Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

1. rite; a repeated set of actions

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

Anagrams

• litura

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ritualis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ri.tu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ritual (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

1. ritual

Related terms

• ritu

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ritual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??itu?æ?l]

Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

1. ritual

   Synonym: ritus

Declension

References

• “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ladin

Pronunciation

Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?twa?/

Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais, comparable)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

1. ritual

Romanian

Etymology

From French rituel or Italian rituale.

Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)

1. ritual

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rit?a?l/
• Hyphenation: ri?tu?al

Noun

ritù?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. ritual

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?twal/, [ri?t?wal]

Adjective

ritual (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite

Derived terms

• ritualismo
• ritualista

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.