WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ac•cu•rate /ˈækyərɪt/USA pronunciation
adj.
ac•cu•rate•ness, n. [uncountable]See -cura-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- free from error;
carefully precise:accurate calculations.
ac•cu•rate•ness, n. [uncountable]See -cura-.
ac•cu•rate
(ak′yər it),USA pronunciation adj.
ac′cu•rate•ly, adv.
ac′cu•rate•ness, n.
- free from error or defect;
consistent with a standard, rule, or model;
precise;
exact. - careful or meticulous:an accurate typist.
- Latin accūrātus carefully prepared (past participle of accūrāre), equivalent. to ac- ac- + cūr(a) care + -ātus -ate1
- 1605–15
ac′cu•rate•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged true, unerring. See correct.
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- carry
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- check
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- chronoscope
- collimate
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- discriminate
- emmetropia
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- false
- fidelity
- finger
- fundamental star
- hit off
- home
- inside caliper
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- measured
- mil
- mirror
- miscommunication
- outthink
- outthrow
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- pitch
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- quartz crystal
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- ringhals
- shoran
- skydiving
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