Accurate ˈækjərət Records Adjective Bre Description/Account/Calculation Information/Data Police

• an accurate description/account/calculation
• accurate information/data
• accurate records must be kept.
• the police are trying to obtain a more accurate picture of crime levels.

accurate

1. correct and true in every detail
• an accurate description/account/calculation
• accurate information/data
• Accurate records must be kept.
• The police are trying to obtain a more accurate picture of crime levels.
2. able to give completely correct information or to do something in an exact way
• a highly accurate electronic compass
• accurate to within 3 mm
• My watch is not very accurate.
• Scientists have found a more accurate way of dating cave paintings.
3. an accurate throw, shot, weapon, etc. hits or reaches the thing that it was aimed at

Extra Examples

• Although this book is historically accurate, it is not a history book.
• He gave a full and accurate account of his movements.
• Her assessment turned out to be remarkably accurate.
• His predictions proved accurate.
• Results are accurate to within 0.2 seconds.
• The figures he gave were not strictly accurate.
• Accurate records must be kept at all times.
• Can we be sure the figures are accurate?
• His description of the man was not very accurate.
• The novel wasn’t intended to be historically accurate.
• The test results are accurate in 99% of cases.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: from Latin accuratus ‘done with care’, past participle of accurare, from ad- ‘towards’ + cura ‘care’.