English

Etymology
Latin accuratus, past participle and adjective, from accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure

Adjective
en-adj

1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
2. obsolete Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

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#:* Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. - Bacon

Synonyms
Correct; exact; just; nice; particular.
Of accurate correct, exact, precise.
We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.

Translations

Dutch: accuraat, precies, exact
Finnish: tarkka, täsmällinen, paikkansapitävä
French: précis, exact
Indonesian: akurat, teliti, tepat, cermat, titis
Interlingua: accurate, precise, exacte, juste
Japanese: 正確 (����, seikaku), 精� (����, seimitsu)
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Polish: dok�adny
Russian: акк��а�н�й (akkuratnij), п�авил�н�й (pravilnij)
Portuguese: preciso m, exato m, acurado m, justo m
Spanish: preciso m, exacto m, justo m, correcto m,
Telugu: ����ితమ�న (khachchitamaina)

Derived terms
accuracy
accurately

See also
inaccurate

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Italian

Adjective
infl|it|adjective|cat=adjective forms|feminine plural

1. feminine plural of|accurato

Latin

Etymology
From term|accuratus|accūr�tus|elaborate, exact|lang=la

Adverb
la-adv|accurat|accūr�t|e

1. carefully, precisely, exactly

Related terms
acuratio|accūr�ti�
accuratus|accūr�tus
accuro#Latin|accūr�

References
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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