accuracy
/ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/ noun B1- The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
- Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value. · The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.
Plural accuracies
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You may not be aware that the deduction of a man’s age from his writing is one which has been brought to considerable accuracy by experts.
They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit.
I left him an excellent mark in the window, and, having warned the police that they might be needed—by the way, Watson, you spotted their presence in that doorway with unerring accuracy—I took up what seemed to me to be a judicious post for observation, never dreaming that he would choose the same spot for his attack.
The superior education of Dantès gave an air of such extreme probability to this statement that it never once occurred to Jacopo to doubt its accuracy.
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