/ɛɡzakt/
Translation
exact, correct, right
Word origin
From Latin exactus ('precise, accurate'), the past participle of exigere ('to drive out, to weigh, to require'), from ex- ('out') and agere ('to drive, to do').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exactus
- English cognates
- exact, exigent, act
Examples
C' , c' precisement j' .
That is correct, that is precisely what I said at the meeting.
c' .
I do not know the exact date but it was around the end of March.
malentendu.
You must use the exact words to avoid any misunderstanding.
' .
I don't have the exact amount in mind.
C' l' .
That's the exact time the train leaves.
Exact est un adjectif dont la forme feminine est exacte et les pluriels exacts / exactes. En reponse, exact ! signifie exactly! quite right! et est tres courant. Exactement (exactly) est l'adverbe derive et l'une des manieres les plus frequentes de confirmer un propos.
Sciences exactes (exact sciences, natural sciences) designe les mathematiques, physique etc. A l'heure exacte (at the exact time) et mot exact (exact word) illustrent la precision. Inexact (inaccurate) et inexactitude (f) (inaccuracy) sont les antonymes.
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