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precise adjective [ prɪˈsʌɪs ]

• marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
• "precise directions"
Similar: exact, accurate, correct, error-free, pinpoint, specific, detailed, explicit, clear-cut, unambiguous, meticulous, close, strict, definite, particular, express, minute, faithful, inch-perfect,
Opposite: imprecise, inaccurate,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.


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