precise — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Tính từ

1. Both exact and accurate.

   Cách dùng

   • broadly

   Từ trái nghĩa

   inexactimprecise

   Ví dụ

   precise definition

   highly precise

   Thêm ví dụ (5)

   precise calculation

   Please give a precise measurement of the room.

   Her precise instructions made the task easier.

   A memory is "precise" when the occurrences that would verify it are narrowly circumscribed: for instance, "I met Jones" is precise as compared to "I met a man." A memory is "accurate" when it is both precise and true, i.e. in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.

   Individually, some of these definitions fall into the common definitional trap of being overly precise.

2. Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).

   Cách dùng

   • of data points

   Từ trái nghĩa

   impreciseinconsistentvarying

3. Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious.

Động từ

1. To make or render precise; to specify.

   Cách dùng

   • nonstandard
   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need to precise the objectives of the CFP.

Tính từ

1. sharply exact or accurate or delimited

   Từ trái nghĩa

   imprecise

   Ví dụ

   a precise mind

   specified a precise amount

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   arrived at the precise moment

2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   accurateexact

   Ví dụ

   a precise image

   a precise measurement