HOW TO PRONOUNCE
accurate
/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
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What does accurate mean?
adjective
- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
- (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
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But the author of the Plays and Poems must have had a very large and a very accurate knowledge of the law.
In spite of his backwardness Robert had a fund of remarkably accurate scientific and other information which a mature person might envy.
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Her extraordinarily acute and accurate intelligence is thus conveniently put upon the table, and the amour propre of man is kept inviolate.
It seems impossible to him, and he either does not believe the probably accurate witness, or colors his testimony with that knowledge.
By means of this alternate motion, interspersed with numerous contacts, a segment of the sheet is obtained, of a very accurate texture.