exact
/ɪɡˈzækt/ adjective B1- 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.
- Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
Comparative exacter · Superlative exactest
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Cunningham and his son, who were able to point out the exact spot where the murderer had broken through the garden-hedge in his flight.
One day last week—on Thursday night, to be more exact—I found that I could not sleep, having foolishly taken a cup of strong café noir after my dinner.
For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.
First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (“the exact shape doesn’t matter,” it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there.
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