Definition of 'accurate'
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.
2. adjective
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.
3. adjective
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.
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adjective
1.
3.
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
adverb
accurateness (ˈaccurateness)
noun
Word origin of 'accurate'
adjective
1.
careful and exact
SIMILAR WORDS: corˈrect
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Derived forms
adverb
accurateness (ˈaccurateness)
noun
Word origin of 'accurate'
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Unfortunately, the particular magazine in question also has a long history of being hideously accurate on many occasions. A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2003)The last piece of information Short had given him had proved accurate all right. THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS (2003)The more accurate term, `defeat", would have been too brutal, too Anglo-Saxon. WALL GAMES (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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