exact
1. claim as due or just (Freq. 1)
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
• Syn:
demand
• Derivationally related forms:
exaction, demand (for: demand), demander (for: demand)
• Hypernyms:
claim
• Hyponyms:
command, call, call in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- The banks exact the check
2. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- the accident claimed three lives
- The hard work took its toll on her
• Syn:
claim, take
• Hypernyms:
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require,
take, involve, call for, demand
• Verb Group:
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require,
take, involve, call for, demand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
1. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact (Freq. 8)
- an exact mind
- an exact copy
- hit the exact center of the target
• Ant:
inexact
• Similar to:
direct, verbatim, literal, mathematical, perfect,
photographic, rigorous, strict
• See Also:
accurate, literal, perfect, precise
• Derivationally related forms:
exactness
2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth;
strictly correct (Freq. 7)
- a precise image
- a precise measurement
• Syn:
accurate, precise
• Similar to:
correct, right
• Derivationally related forms:
preciseness (for: precise), exactness
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