accurate
adjUK /ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/ · CA, US /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.
1
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
- an accurate calculator
- an accurate measure
2 more examples
- accurate knowledge
- For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page x:
2
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
3
On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
- an accurate pass
- an accurate shot
4
Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
- an accurate marksman
- an accurate shooter
5
Obsolete Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
- for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have1625, Bacon, Of the Vicissitude of Things:
- Synonyms
- correct, exact, just, nice, particular
- Antonyms
- inaccurate
- Derived terms
- accuracy, accurately, accurateness, accurize, biblically accurate, hyperaccurate, nonaccurate, overaccurate, superaccurate, unaccurate