exact
IPA: ɪgzˈækt
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
adjective
- 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.
- 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.
adverb
- exactly
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Examples of "exact" in Sentences
- They did not like the exaction.
- How much is soupcon to be exact
- What are the spicules to be exact
- How much is the surety to be exact
- The exaction was a torture to the people.
- Exaction with regard to loans to the poor.
- Devaluation is the exact opposite of revaluation.
- I contend the ref is correct, as it's the exact title of the song.
- Exaction was a redirect to Extortion, but that has now been corrected.
- The exact details of the baptismal ceremony vary among Christian denominations.
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