| ADJECTIVE | all | exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact |
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| all | exact, accurate, precise | (of ideas, images, representations / representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth | |
| VERB | communication | exact, demand | claim as due or just |
| communication | exact, claim, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| Sounds | ihgzae'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abstract ... whacked: 41 rhymes with aekt... | |
| Meaning | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact. | |
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| Narrower | direct, verbatim | In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker |
| literal | Without interpretation or embellishment | |
| mathematical | Characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics | |
| perfect | precisely accurate or exact | |
| photographic | representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph | |
| rigorous, strict | rigidly accurate | |
| See also | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| literal | Limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text | |
| perfect | complete of its kind and without defect / defect / defect / defect or blemish | |
| precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
| Opposite | inexact | not exact |
| Spanish | exacto | |
| Catalan | exacte | |
| Nouns | exactness | the quality of being exact / exact |
| Adverbs | exactly | indicating exactness or preciseness |
| Meaning | (of ideas, images, representations / representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct. | |
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| Synonyms | accurate, precise | |
| Broader | correct, right | Free from error |
| Spanish | clavado, exacta, exacto, perfecto, precisa, preciso | |
| Catalan | clavat, exacte, perfecte, precís | |
| Nouns | exactness | the quality of being exact / exact |
| Adverbs | precisely, exactly | in a precise manner |
| Meaning | claim as due or just. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | The banks exact the check | |
| Synonym | demand | |
| Narrower | call, call in | demand payment of (a loan) |
| command | demand as one's due | |
| Broader | claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim / claim to, as of debts, for example |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, reclamar | |
| Catalan | exigir | |
| Nouns | exaction | act of demanding or levying by force or authority |
| Meaning | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | claim, take | |
| Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
| Similar to | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
| Spanish | cobrarse | |
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