Meaning
Completely correct in every small detail.
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Word origin
From Latin exactus, meaning weighed or measured carefully, from exigere, to weigh out.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exactus
Examples
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"Exact" asks for the time to the minute, not about.
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"The exact money" means not a penny more or less.
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"Exact words" means the very words she used.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 22, lesson 2: exact, smash, sweat and 6 more words.