accurate

ac·cu·rate

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adjective

The definition of accurate is free from any errors.

A history book full of up to date and true facts is an example of accurate reading material.

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accurate

careful and exact
free from mistakes or errors; precise
adhering closely to a standard: an accurate thermometer

Origin of accurate

Classical Latin accuratus, past participle of accurare from ad-, to + curare, to take care from cura, care: see cure

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accurate

adjective

Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.

Origin of accurate

Latin accūrātus done with care past participle of accūrāre to do with care ad- ad- cūrāre to care for ( from cūra care ; see cure . )

Related Forms:

ac′cu·rate·ly
adverb

ac′cu·rate·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative accurater or more accurate, superlative accuratest or most accurate)

In exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

Usage notes

We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.

Anagrams

carucate

Origin

First attested in the 1610's.
(exactness): First attested in the 1650's.
From Latin accūrātus (“done with care”), perfect past participle of accūrō (“take care of”); from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“take care”), from cūra (“care”).
See cure.

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