accurate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/, /ˈak.jə.ɹɪt/, /-ət/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/, /-ət/ (US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈæk.ɹɪt/, /ˈæk.ə.ɹɪt/, /-ət/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ === Adjective === accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate) Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. [1650] an accurate calculator an accurate measure accurate knowledge Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits. Synonym: unerring My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate. On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed. Synonym: precise an accurate pass an accurate shot Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool. an accurate marksman an accurate shooter (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [1610] ==== Usage notes ==== We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity to instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions. ==== Synonyms ==== correct exact just nice particular ==== Antonyms ==== inaccurate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === carucate == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === accurate inflection of accuraat: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == Interlingua == === Adjective === accurate (comparative plus accurate, superlative le plus accurate) accurate ==== Related terms ==== accuratia == Italian == === Adjective === accurate f pl feminine plural of accurato === Anagrams === cacature == Latin == === Etymology === From accūrātus (“elaborate, exact”). === Adverb === accūrātē (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē) carefully, precisely, exactly ==== Related terms ==== accūrātiō accūrātus accūrō === References === “accurate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “accurate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “accurate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)