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precisifying

precisifying is the present participle and gerund of precisify.

Meaning of precisify

Verb

precisify (third-person singular simple present precisifies, present participle precisifying, simple past and past participle precisified)

  1. To make precise; to make more precise.
    • To precisify is to rule out the possibility of certain truth-value gaps.1996, Rosanna Kenney, Vagueness: A Reader, page 129

Questions about precisifying

What is precisifying the present participle and gerund of?
Precisifying is the present participle and gerund of precisify.

Words near precisifying in the dictionary

  1. precisification
  2. precisifications
  3. precisified
  4. precisifies
  5. precisify
  6. precisifying
  7. precising
  8. precising definition
  9. precising definitions
  10. precision
  11. precision agriculture

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