exact
/ɪɡˈzækt/
exact adjective: precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Adjective
exact (comparative exacter or more exact, superlative exactest or most exact)
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- The clock keeps exact time.
- He paid the exact debt.
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- a man exact in observing an appointment
- In my doings I was exact.
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Synonyms:
- strict
- An exact command,
- Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
Verb
exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)
- To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
- He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 3:13
- To make desirable or necessary.
- I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act IIII, scene iv, signature I, verso
- To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- to exact revenge on someone
Adverb
exact (comparative more exact, superlative most exact)
- exactly
- She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
- Synonyms:
- just, precisely, accurately
exact meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
exact in Tamil
- துல்லியம், அதே
exact in Marathi
- exact, accurate, complete, or detailed in every particular
- इत्थंभूत itthambhūt
exact in Urdu
- عین, بالکل, پورا, زبردستی حاصل کر لینا
exact in Bengali
- সঠিক, যথাযথ, একেবারে নির্ভুল, নিয়মিত, অবিকল, গনাগনতি
More languagesFewer languages
- exact in Telugu
- తీయు tīyu
- exact in Malayalam
- കൃത്യം kr̥tyaṁ, നേർ nēṟ
- exact in Kannada
- ಕೀಳು, ಪಡೆ, ಕಿತ್ತುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ನಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯವಾಗಿ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು
- exact in Gujarati
- ચોકસ cŏkas
- exact in Nepali
- सटीक
- exact in Tagalog
- singkad, sayap
- exact in Arabic
- مَضْبُوط maḍbūṭ, دَقِيق daqīq
- exact in Indonesian
- akurat
- exact in Persian
- دقیق daqiq
- exact in Thai
- แม่นยำ mɛ̂n-yam
Examples of exact in a sentence
- an exact copy of a letter
- She was a superb judge who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us, whether in agreement or disagreement.2020 September 19, statement of Clarence Thomas on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburghttps://www.scotusblog.com/2020/09/statements-from-suprem...
- […] a generic, strikingly universal, deity, “ha-elohim,” who tests, who exacts and extracts, and who is the object of fear […]2020, Kristine Henriksen Garroway, John W. Martens, Children and Methods, page 139:
Synonyms of exact
Antonyms
Forms of exact
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | exacter |
| comparative | more exact |
| superlative | exactest |
| superlative | most exact |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | exacts |
| present participle | exacting |
| past participle | exacted |
| past | exacted |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more exact |
| superlative | most exact |
Origin of exact
From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
Words formed from exact
Phrases with exact
Words that rhyme with exact
Questions about exact
- What does exact mean?
- Exact means precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- What is exact in Tamil?
- Exact in Tamil is துல்லியம், அதே. See Exact meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use exact in a sentence?
- an exact copy of a letter
- What part of speech is exact?
- Exact can be an adjective, a verb or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce exact?
- Exact is pronounced /ɪɡˈzækt/.
Words near exact in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exact (page history and authors); exact (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); इत्थंभूत (Marathi) (page history and authors); exact (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exact (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తీయు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കൃത്യം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); exact (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચોકસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); exact (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-exact.ogg.
Cite this entry: “exact.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/exact. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.