Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪɡˈzækt/
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ɪɡˈzækt
Adjective
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
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The clock keeps exact time.
He paid the exact debt.
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an exact copy of a letter
exact accounts
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
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a man exact in observing an appointment
In my doings I was exact.
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I see thou art exact of taste.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason.
Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
Usage- not-comparable
- of a sequence of morphisms in an abelian category
Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
Usage- not-comparable
- of a functor of abelian categories
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Verb
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
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Their goal is retributive: to exact a price from Palestinian civilians (and in some cases left-wing Israeli Jews, Christians, and Israeli security forces) for actions Israeli authorities take against the settlers, usually building enforcement in illegally built settlements.
She was a superb judge who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us, whether in agreement or disagreement.
[…] a generic, strikingly universal, deity, “ha-elohim,” who tests, who exacts and extracts, and who is the object of fear […]
To make desirable or necessary.
Usage- Transitive
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I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
Usage- Transitive
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to exact revenge on someone
Adverb
exactly
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She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
Adjective
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
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an exact mind
an exact copy
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hit the exact center of the target
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
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a precise image
a precise measurement
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
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the direct opposite
Verb
claim as due or just
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The bank demanded payment of the loan
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
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the accident claimed three lives
The hard work took its toll on her