accurate

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ UK /ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5225

Meanings

1

adj
Correct and free from mistakes.

Please make sure the figures are accurate before you send the report.
2

adj
Hitting, or able to hit, the intended target.

He made an accurate pass straight to his teammate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · correct and free from... exact precise

2 adj · hitting, or able to hit,... unerring

More correct just nice particular

Opposites

inaccurate

Word family

Derived forms accuracy accuratelyaccuratenessaccurizehyperaccuratenonaccurateoveraccuratesuperaccurateunaccurate

Appears in

Proverbs (1)

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First impressions are important
Matching variant: First impressions are not always accurate

Simplified etymology

Accurate entered English in the late 16th century from the Latin family of cura, meaning “care,” and originally conveyed the idea of something done with care.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusbor. English accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- + cūrō. First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# accurate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5225

## Meanings
1. Correct and free from mistakes.
2. Hitting, or able to hit, the intended target.

## Examples
- Please make sure the figures are accurate before you send the report.
- He made an accurate pass straight to his teammate.

## Synonyms
- correct
- exact
- just
- nice
- particular

## Antonyms
- inaccurate

## Derived Forms
- accuracy
- accurately
- accurateness
- accurize
- hyperaccurate
- nonaccurate
- overaccurate
- superaccurate
- unaccurate

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusbor. English accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- + cūrō. First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

## AI Etymology
Accurate is borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- plus cūrō. First attested in 1610. Compare English cure. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adjective, accurate denotes correct and free from mistakes and hitting, or able to hit, the intended target. The same word family continues in derived forms such as accuracy, accurately, accurateness, and accurize.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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