exact
adjective
1. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
- an exact mind
- an exact copy
- hit the exact center of the target
Similar word(s): accurate, direct, verbatim, literal, mathematical, perfect, photographic, rigorous, strict, literal, perfect, precise
2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
Similar word(s): correct, right, accurate, precise
Sentences with exact as an adjective:
- The clock keeps exact time.
- He paid the exact debt.
- an exact copy of a letter
- exact accounts
- a man exact in observing an appointment
- In my doings I was exact.
verb
1. claim as due or just
Similar word(s): demand
Definition categories: communication, claim
2. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Definition categories: communication, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
Sentences with exact as a verb:
- to exact tribute, fees, or obedience
- to exact revenge