/accurate-meaning

/accurate-meaning-etymology

-) Adjective.

-) Pronunciation and accent: ækjʊərət. 

-) Etymology: from Latin accūrātus “performed with care, studied, exact”, preterite participle of accūrāre “to take care of”; from ac- “to” + cūrāre “to care for”; from cūra “care”.

-) Documented since 1600.

-) 1. (It is obsolete) executed with care.

-) 2. (Of a personal action) correct, as the result of care; having or implying accuracy; exempt from error or inaccuracy. Hence, corresponding with truth.

-) Synonyms for “accurate”: exact, precise, correct.

-) Antonyms of “accurate”: inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, erroneous.

-) Translation: précis, in French; exacto, in Spanish; accurato, in Italian.

I cannot doubt that all this has been stated with accurate truth by the venerable lady.

Scott… The Betrothed… 1825

“A fish is an animal inhabiting the water”. This is a definition, but it is not an accurate definition […], for some insects inhabit the water.

C. True… The elements of logic… 1840

The want of an accurate knowledge of distant countries.

Buckingham… America… 1841

It was not until after an extensive and accurate acquaintance with the details of chemical phenomena, that it was found possible to frame a rational definition of chemistry.

J. Mill… A System of Logic… 1843

We also measured the thickness of every book-cover, with the most accurate admeasurement.

Poe… The Purloined Letter… 1844

We obtain also a more just and accurate idea of the extent and dimensions of this immense building.

S. Haight… Over the ocean… 1846

-) 2. (Of a person, his memory, etc.) doing something with accuracy; performing an action correctly or without error because of his care.

Carilis was not quite accurate in her conclusions.

L. Hawkins… Heraline… 1821

As I wish to be extremely accurate in this part of my chronicle, I beg that this Jacob Van Tassel of the Roost may not be confounded with another Jacob Van Tassel.

Irving… Miscellanies… 1835

Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad—that the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain.

Stoker… Dracula… 1897

If my memory is accurate, I. W. remained with I. M. Hellman.

H. Newmark… Southern California… 1916

Somewhat less than six years after my arrival (or, to be accurate, on the fifteenth day of August, 1859 […]), I entered the family of Uncle Sam.

H. Newmark… Southern California… 1916

-) Words derived from “accurate”: accurately, accurateness, inaccurate, inaccurateness, inaccurately.

-) Words derived from Latin cura, see PROCUREMENT.

 

 

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