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Definition of 'accurate'

Word Frequency

accurate

(ækjʊrət )
1. adjective
Accurate information, measurements, and statistics are correct to a very detailed level. An accurate instrument is able to give you information of this kind.
Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
... a quick and accurate way of monitoring the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.
Synonyms: precise, right, close, nice   More Synonyms of accurate
accurately   adverb
The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.
Synonyms: precisely, absolutely, unerringly   More Synonyms of accurate
Synonyms: precisely, rightly, correctly, closely   More Synonyms of accurate
2. adjective
An accurate statement or account gives a true or fair judgment of something.
It is too early to give an accurate assessment of his condition.
They were accurate in their prediction that he would change her life drastically.
accurately   adverb [ADVERB with verb]
What many people mean by the word 'power' could be more accurately described as 'control'.
Synonyms: precisely, absolutely, unerringly   More Synonyms of accurate
Synonyms: exactly, rightly, closely, correctly   More Synonyms of accurate
3. adjective
You can use accurate to describe the results of someone's actions when they do or copy something correctly or exactly.
Marks were given for accurate spelling and punctuation.
...his maliciously accurate imitation of the Prime Minister.
4. adjective
An accurate weapon or throw reaches the exact point or target that it was intended to reach. You can also describe a person as accurate if they fire a weapon or throw something in this way.
The rifle was extremely accurate.
The pilots, however, were not as accurate as they should be.
Synonyms: on target, exact, precise, deadly   More Synonyms of accurate
accurately   adverb [ADVERB with verb]
...the technology to aim bombs accurately from aircraft.
Synonyms: precisely, absolutely, unerringly   More Synonyms of accurate
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accurate in British

(ˈækjərɪt )
adjective
1. 
faithfully representing or describing the truth
2. 
showing a negligible or permissible deviation from a standard
an accurate ruler
3. 
without error; precise; meticulous
4. mathematics
a. 
(to n significant digits) representing the first n digits of the given number starting with the first nonzero digit, but approximating to the nearest digit in the final position
since π = 3.14159…, the approximation 3.1416 is accurate to 5 significant digits.
b. 
(to n decimal places) giving the first n digits after the decimal point without further approximation
π = 3.1415 is in this sense accurate to 4 decimal places
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Derived forms
accurately (ˈaccurately)
  adverb
accurateness (ˈaccurateness)
  noun
Word origin of 'accurate'
C16: from Latin accūrātus, past participle of accūrāre to perform with care, from cūra care
Word Frequency

accurate in American

(ˈækjərət ; akˈyərət)
adjective
1. 
careful and exact
2. 
free from mistakes or errors; precise
3. 
adhering closely to a standard
an accurate thermometer
SIMILAR WORDS:  corˈrect
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
accurately (ˈaccurately)
  adverb
accurateness (ˈaccurateness)
  noun
Word origin of 'accurate'
L accuratus, pp. of accurare < ad-, to + curare, to take care < cura, care: see cure

Example sentences containing 'accurate'

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Unfortunately, the particular magazine in question also has a long history of being hideously accurate on many occasions. Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2003)The last piece of information Short had given him had proved accurate all right. Telushkin, Josef THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS (2003)The more accurate term, `defeat", would have been too brutal, too Anglo-Saxon. Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (2003)
General Rashood's original estimate of the Russian position had been accurate to a degree. Patrick Robinson BARRACUDA 945 (2003)

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Translations for 'accurate'

British English: accurate /ˈækjərɪt/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is accurate is correct to a detailed level.
That's a fairly accurate description of the man.
  • American English: accurate
  • Arabic: دَقِيق
  • Brazilian Portuguese: exato
  • Chinese: 准确的
  • Croatian: točan
  • Czech: přesný
  • Danish: præcis
  • Dutch: nauwkeurig
  • European Spanish: exacto
  • Finnish: totuudenmukainen
  • French: exact
  • German: genau
  • Greek: ακριβής
  • Italian: preciso
  • Japanese: 正確な
  • Korean: 정확한
  • Norwegian: nøyaktig
  • Polish: dokładny
  • European Portuguese: exato
  • Romanian: exact
  • Russian: точный
  • Spanish: exacto
  • Swedish: precis
  • Thai: แม่นยำ
  • Turkish: doğru söz, eylem, sonuç
  • Ukrainian: точний
  • Vietnamese: chính xác

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