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exact

/ɪɡˈzækt/
verb
  1. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

    "to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone"

  2. To make desirable or necessary.

  3. To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    "to exact revenge on someone"

adjective
  1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

    "He paid the exact debt."

  2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

    "In my doings I was exact."

  3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

Synonymscorrect, perfect, precise, true, strict, spot on
Antonymsapproximate, imprecise, inexact, loose
adverb
  1. Exactly

    "She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!"

Synonymsaccurately, just, precisely

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