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Definition of Exact

Exact Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. To practice exaction. Related Definitions: Accurate, Agree, Agreeing, An, Any, Appointment, As, Before, By, Careful, Clock, Compel, Conceived, Conforming, Copy, Correct, Debt, Definitely, Demand, Doings, Due, Enforce, Exact, Exaction, Exceeding, Fact, Falling, Fee, Followed, From, Furnish, He, Hence, In, Is, Letter, Man, Methodical, My, Neither, None, Nor, Obedience, Observing, Of, One, Or, Paid, Payment, Peremptorily, Perfectly, Practice, Precise, Promise, Punctual, Require, Respect, Reward, Right, Rule, Short, Some, Standard, Stated, Strict, Subjected, The, Time, To, Tribute, True, Truth, Was, When, With, Wrest, Yield, Yielding

Exact Quotations The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. Jean de la Bruyere Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. Albert Einstein Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. Samuel Butler Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. Frederick Douglass

Exact Translations exact in Afrikaans is juis, reg exact in Danish is rigtig exact in Dutch is nauwkeurig, accuraat, exact exact in French is exact exact in German is genau exact in Italian is minuzioso exact in Latin is exigo exact in Portuguese is exato, exacto exact in Spanish is recto, exacto exact in Swedish is noga, exakt

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