exactitude

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪɡˈzæktɪtud/ UK /ɪɡˈzæktɪtjuːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of being exact, precise, or accurate

The watchmaker assembled each gear with painstaking exactitude.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being exact,... precision accuracy exactness correctness rigor precisenessmeticulousness

Opposites

inaccuracy imprecision vagueness

Word family

Related forms exact exactly exactness

Etymology

From French exactitude, from Latin exactus ('precise, accurate'), past participle of exigere ('to weigh out, measure, demand'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive').

exactitude French exactus Latin exigere Latin agere Latin

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# exactitude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzæktɪtud/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈzæktɪtjuːd/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being exact, precise, or accurate

## Examples
- The watchmaker assembled each gear with painstaking exactitude.

## Synonyms
- precision
- accuracy
- exactness
- correctness
- rigor
- preciseness
- meticulousness

## Antonyms
- inaccuracy
- imprecision
- vagueness

## Related Forms
- exact
- exactly
- exactness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exactitude
- Root: exactus
- Root: exigere
- Root: agere

## Etymology
From French exactitude, from Latin exactus ('precise, accurate'), past participle of exigere ('to weigh out, measure, demand'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive').

## AI Etymology
Exactitude is from French exactitude, from Latin exactus ('precise, accurate'), past participle of exigere ('to weigh out, measure, demand'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive'). Important recorded forms include exactitude (French), exactus (Latin), exigere (Latin), and agere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being exact, precise, or accurate. The wider family includes related words such as exact, exactly, and exactness.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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