Precise

Quick meaning: Precise is an adjective meaning (loosely) Both exact and accurate.

Meaning

(loosely) Both exact and accurate.

More Meanings

1. Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious.
2. (nonstandard, European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.
3. (sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).

Example Sentences

highly precise

precise definition

precise calculation

Please give a precise measurement of the room.

Word Forms

• preciser
• precisest
• precises
• precising
• precised

Synonyms for precise

Depending on context, synonyms include meticulous, dead, fine, right, nice, punctilious.

Antonyms for precise

Common opposites include inexact, imprecise, inconsistent, varying.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exact, accurate, very, meticulous, punctilious, skillful.

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