Kilo Lingo

#840 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

precise, exact

Examples

respondon.

I need a precise answer.

priskribo .

His description was completely precise.

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We do not know the exact number of guests.

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She came at the exact hour.

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Precise words are more useful than beautiful ones.

is about exactness of measurement or description; is about being right. A wrong answer can be precise, and a right one can be vague, so the two are not swappable. The adverb is very common and often means "exactly" in the conversational sense of agreeing with someone. Do not confuse it with , which means especially and looks nearly identical - one letter and one syllable apart, and a genuine reading trap. o gives precision, a gives vague.

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This word is part of lesson 17.