adjective.  (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact: accurate information about the illness is essential. (of an instrument or method) capable of giving accurate information: an accurate thermometer. providing a faithful representation of someone or something: the portrait is an accurate likeness of Mozart. (with reference to a weapon, missile, or shot) capable of or successful in reachingthe intended target: reliable, accurate rifles | a player who can deliver long accurate passes to the wingers. <DERIVATIVES> late 16th century: from with accuratus ‘done care’, past participle of from + cura accurare, ad- ‘towards’ ‘care’. <ETYMOLOGY> From the Latin 1st-conjugation verb, accūrāre, ‘accūrō, accūrāvī, accūrātum,’ or adcūrāre, adcūrāvī, adcūrātum,’ which ‘adcūrō, means give close attention to,’ be careful.’ ‘to ‘to From the Latin preposition, which means and the Latin ‘ad,’ ‘towards,’ 1st-declension feminine noun, cūrae,’ which means ‘cūra, ‘care.’ precise adjective. marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail: precise | directions I want as precise a time of death as I can get. (of a person) exact, accurate, and careful about details: the director was precise with his camera positions. [attributive] used to emphasize that one is referring to an exact and particular thing: at that precise moment the car stopped. <DERIVATIVES> preciseness noun. <ORIGIN> late Middle English: from Old French from precis, Latin short’, from the verb from praecis- praecidere, prae ‘cut ‘in advance’ + cut’. caedere ‘to <ETYMOLOGY> From the Latin 1st-and-2nd-declension adjective, praecīsus, praecīsum,’ which means ‘praecīsa, ‘broken off,’ From the Latin verb, praecīdere, praecīdī, ‘abrupt.’ ‘praecīdō, praecīsus,’ which means cut off in front,’ off.’ ‘to ‘cut
 adjective. (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact: accurate information about the illness is essential. (of an instrument or method) capable of giving accurate information: an accurate thermometer. providing a faithful representation of someone or something: the portrait is an accurate likeness of Mozart. (with reference to a weapon, missile, or shot) capable of or successful in reachingthe intended target: reliable, accurate rifles | a player who can deliver long accurate passes to the wingers. <DERIVATIVES> late 16th century: from accuratus ‘done with care’, past participle of accurare, from ad- ‘towards’ + cura ‘care’. <ETYMOLOGY> From the Latin 1st-conjugation verb, ‘accūrō, accūrāre, accūrāvī, accūrātum,’ or ‘adcūrō, adcūrāre, adcūrāvī, adcūrātum,’ which means ‘to give close attention to,’ ‘to be careful.’ From the Latin preposition, ‘ad,’ which means ‘towards,’ and the Latin 1st-declension feminine noun, ‘cūra, cūrae,’ which means ‘care.’ precise adjective. marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail: precise directions | I want as precise a time of death as I can get. (of a person) exact, accurate, and careful about details: the director was precise with his camera positions. [attributive] used to emphasize that one is referring to an exact and particular thing: at that precise moment the car stopped. <DERIVATIVES> preciseness noun. <ORIGIN> late Middle English: from Old French precis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’. <ETYMOLOGY> From the Latin 1st-and-2nd-declension adjective, ‘praecīsa, praecīsus, praecīsum,’ which means ‘broken off,’ ‘abrupt.’ From the Latin verb, ‘praecīdō, praecīdere, praecīdī, praecīsus,’ which means ‘to cut off in front,’ ‘cut off.’
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