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exact

1 exact /ɪgˈzækt/ adjective
1 exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXACT
: fully and completely correct or accurate
[more exact; most exact] : very careful and accurate

exact opposite

: the complete opposite

exact same

or US same exact
used as a more forceful way to say “same”

to be exact

used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific

— exactness

noun [noncount]
2 exact /ɪgˈzækt/ verb
exacts; exacted; exacting
2 exact
/ɪgˈzækt/
verb
exacts; exacted; exacting
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXACT
[+ object] formal
: to demand and get (something, such as payment or revenge) especially by using force or threats
used in phrases like exact a terrible toll and exact a high/heavy price to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.