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{
"term": "precise",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "clear and accurate",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "precise details/instructions/measurements"
},
{
"text": "Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
},
{
"text": "I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident."
},
{
"text": "Are the measurements precise enough?"
},
{
"text": "These estimates will become more precise."
},
{
"text": "You need to use legally precise terms."
},
{
"text": "Please give precise details about your previous experience."
},
{
"text": "We will need a more precise description of the accommodation."
}
],
"synonyms": "exact",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "infinitely"],
"preposition": ["about", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something happens at a particular time or in a particular way",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were just talking about her when, **at that precise moment**, she walked in."
},
{
"text": "Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a skilled and precise worker"
},
{
"text": "small, precise movements"
},
{
"text": "We've tried to make the process as precise as possible."
},
{
"text": "She's rather prim and precise."
}
],
"synonyms": "meticulous",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "infinitely"],
"preposition": ["about", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪs/",
"audio": "pr/precise/precise__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈsaɪs/",
"audio": "pr/precise/precise__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’."
}