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{
"term": "exact",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "correct in every detail",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new palace is an **exact replica** of the original building."
},
{
"text": "It is an exact copy of the original document."
},
{
"text": "The model is exact in every detail."
},
{
"text": "For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret."
},
{
"text": "The **exact nature** of her illness *(= precisely what her illness is)* has not been made public."
},
{
"text": "Her second husband was **the exact opposite** of her first *(= completely different)*."
},
{
"text": "The colours were an almost **exact match**."
},
{
"text": "She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six **to be exact**."
},
{
"text": "I had **the exact same** problem as you when I first started."
},
{
"text": "What were his exact words?"
},
{
"text": "A clear definition requires very exact wording."
},
{
"text": "Nobody knows the **exact number** of people affected, but it is over 10 000."
},
{
"text": "He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him *(= at the same time)*."
},
{
"text": "We need to know the exact time the incident occurred."
},
{
"text": "She gave an exact description of the attacker."
},
{
"text": "The two men were exact contemporaries at university."
}
],
"synonyms": "precise"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very accurate and careful about details",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was very exact about everything he did."
}
],
"synonyms": "meticulous, precise"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "using accurate measurements and following set rules",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science."
}
],
"synonyms": "precise"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzækt/",
"audio": "ex/exact/exact__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzækt/",
"audio": "ex/exact/exact__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’."
}