Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹɪˈsaɪs/
precise
- exact, accurate
- Antonyms: inexact, imprecise
- (sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)
- Antonyms: inconsistent, varying
- adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
- See also Thesaurus:meticulous
- French: précis
- German: präzise, genau
- Italian: preciso, esatto, accurato
- Portuguese: preciso
- Russian: то́чный
- Spanish: preciso
precise (precises, present participle precising; past and past participle precised)
- (nonstandard, used in NNES or the jargon of e.g. the European Union, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.
- French: préciser
- German: präzisieren
- Spanish: precisar
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