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exact

/ɪgˈzækt/

US UK

adjective

fully and completely correct or accurate

the exact time

an exact copy/duplicate/replica/reproduction

Those were his exact words.

The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.

We don't know the exact nature of the problem.

Predicting the path of hurricanes is not an exact science.

[more ~; most ~] :very careful and accurate

The police have an exact description of the killer.

Please take the most exact measurements possible.

exact [=precise] instruments

He is very exact in the way he solves a problem.

exact opposite

the complete opposite

I realize now that I have tried to make my work the exact opposite of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]

He used to be romantic, but now he's the exact opposite. [=now he is not at all romantic]

exact same

or US same exact - used as a more forceful way to say same

We grow the exact same vegetables in our garden every year.

They showed up at the party in the same exact outfits.

to be exact

used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific

that afternoon, June 22, to be exact

They had many childrenseven, to be exact.

He came a long wayfrom Nome, Alaska, to be exactto attend the wedding.

verb

-acts; -acted; -acting

[+ obj] formal

to demand and get (something, such as payment or revenge) especially by using force or threats

They would not rest until they had exacted revenge.

He was able to exact a promise from them.

used in phrases like exact a terrible toll and exact a high/heavy price to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.

The war has exacted a terrible toll.

These mistakes have exacted a heavy price.

* Các từ tương tự:
exacting, exactitude, exactly