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unerring
English
Etymology
From un- +? erring.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n????.??/
- Hyphenation: un?err?ing
Adjective
unerring (not comparable)
- (often figuratively) consistently accurate; not missing a target.
- 1717: Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. -- John Dryden's 1697–1700 translation of "The Story of Meleager and Atalanta", in Ovid's Metamorphoses (tr. Garth, Dryden, et al.), book VIII, pub. 1717
- 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, p. 630-1,
- As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
Translations
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precise
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)
- exact, accurate
- Antonyms: inexact, imprecise
- (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
- 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)
- (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
- feminine plural of preciso
Participle
precise f pl
- feminine plural of preciso
Verb
precise
- third-person singular past historic of precidere
Anagrams
- perisce
Portuguese
Verb
precise
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of precisar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of precisar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of precisar
- 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
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of precisar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of precisar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of precisar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of precisar.
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