Exact ɪɡˈzækt Started Phone I Adjective Bre Gave

• she gave an exact description of the attacker.
• an exact copy/replica of the painting
• we need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
• what were his exact words?

exact

1. correct in every detail
• synonym precise
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precise
• She gave an exact description of the attacker.
• an exact copy/replica of the painting
• We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
• What were his exact words?
• She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.
• The colours were an exact match.
• He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time).
• The two men were exact contemporaries at university.
• Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different).
2. very accurate and careful about details
• synonym meticulous
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/meticulous
3. using accurate measurements and following set rules
• synonym precise
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precise
• Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.

Extra Examples

• He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him.
• I had the exact same problem as you when I first started.
• She’s in her mid-thirties—36, to be exact.
• This is an exact copy of the original document.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.