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exacts

exacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exact.

Meaning of exact

Verb

exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
    • to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
    • to exact revenge on someone

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Questions about exacts

What is exacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Exacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exact.

Words near exacts in the dictionary

  1. Exacto knives
  2. exactor
  3. exactors
  4. exactress
  5. exactresses
  6. exacts
  7. exactually
  8. exacuate
  9. exacuated
  10. exacuates
  11. exacuating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exacts (page history and authors); exact (page history and authors). 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.

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