| Meaning | sharply exact or accurate or delimited. |
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| Examples | - "a precise mind"
- "specified a precise amount"
- "arrived at the precise moment"
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| Narrower | dead | unerringly accurate |
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| fine | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning / meaning |
| finespun, hairsplitting | Developed in excessively fine detail |
| meticulous, punctilious | marked by precise accordance with details |
| microscopic | Extremely precise with great attention to details |
| nice, skillful | done / done / done with delicacy and skill |
| on the nose, on the button | precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion |
| refined | Precise to a fine degree |
| very | precisely as stated |
| See also | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
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| distinct | Easy to perceive / perceive |
| exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact |
| specific | (sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
| Opposite | imprecise | not precise |
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| Spanish | definido, exacto, preciso |
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| Catalan | precís |
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| Nouns | preciseness | clarity as a consequence of precision |
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| Adverbs | precisely | indicating exactness or preciseness |
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