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    pre·cise
    [prēˈsīs]
    adjective
    precise (adjective)
    1. marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:
      "precise directions" · "I want as precise a time of death as I can get"
      • (of a person) exact, accurate, and careful about details:
        "the director was precise with his camera positions"
      • used to emphasize that one is referring to an exact and particular thing:
        "at that precise moment the car stopped"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
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    adjective
    1. marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:
      exact
      accurate
      correct
      error-free
      pinpoint
      specific
      detailed
      explicit
      clear-cut
      unambiguous
      meticulous
      close
      strict
      definite
      particular
      express
      minute
      faithful
      inch-perfect
      Opposite:
      imprecise
      inaccurate
     
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    Name That Thing MegaQuiz: Vol. 5 Test your visual vocabulary! The meaning of PRECISE is exactly or sharply defined or stated. How to use precise in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Precise.

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    What does precise information mean?
    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pre‧cise /prɪˈsaɪs/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjective 1 precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct SYN exact precise sales figures It was difficult to get precise information.

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    How do you use precise in a sentence?
    You use precise to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing, rather than something vague. At that precise moment I felt sorry for him and didn't want to hurt him. The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988. He was not clear on the precise nature of his mission. We will never know the precise details of his death.

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    What is the difference between correct and precise?
    correct usually implies freedom from fault or error. accurate implies fidelity to fact or truth attained by exercise of care. exact stresses a very strict agreement with fact, standard, or truth. precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation. nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination.

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    Where did the word precise come from?
    The earliest known use of the word precise is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for precise is from around 1392, in Equatorie of Planetis. precise is of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin praecīsē; French precis; Latin praecīsus.

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    What is the difference between precise and Nice?
    precise adds to exact an emphasis on sharpness of definition or delimitation. nice stresses great precision and delicacy of adjustment or discrimination. right is close to correct but has a stronger positive emphasis on conformity to fact or truth rather than mere absence of error or fault.

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