Definition of exact

"exact" in the verb sense

1. demand, exact

claim as due or just

"The bank demanded payment of the loan"

2. claim, take, exact

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

"the accident claimed three lives"

"The hard work took its toll on her"

"exact" in the adjective sense

1. exact

marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

"an exact mind"

"an exact copy"

"hit the exact center of the target"

2. accurate, exact, precise

of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth strictly correct

"a precise image"

"a precise measurement"

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Quotations for exact

Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning. [ Whipple ]

Human intellect, if you consider it well, is the exact summary of human worth. [ Carlyle ]

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. [ Burke ]

Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale. [ Kant ]

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature. [ Sir Joshua Reynolds ]

Exact justice is commonly more merciful in the long run than pity, for it tends to foster in men those stronger qualities which make them good citizens. [ Lowell ]

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Sound maxims are the germs of good; strongly imprinted in the memory, they nourish the will. [ Joubert ]

Men of great learning or genius are too full to be exact, and therefore choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. [ Spectator ]

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and unquestionable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence. When firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will. [ Joseph Joubert ]

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. [ Lord Bacon ]

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertences, are infinitely preferable to the works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact, and conformable to all the rules of correct writing. [ Addison ]

To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated in our schools; to this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning, the false philosophy which prevails. [ Humboldt ]

exact in Scrabble®

The word exact is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters exact:

EXACT
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exact in Words With Friends™

The word exact is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters exact:

EXACT
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