accurate
pronunciation
How to pronounce accurate in British English:
UK [ˈækjərət]
How to pronounce accurate in American English:
US [ˈækjərət]
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- Adjective:
- conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
Word Origin
- accurate
- accurate: [16] ‘Accuracy’ is connected with ‘curing’, in the sense not of ‘making better’ but of ‘looking after’ – as in ‘the cure of souls’. The adjective comes from Latin accūrātus ‘done carefully’, which in turn derived from a verb (cūrāre ‘care for’) formed from the noun cūra ‘care’ (other English words from this source are curate, curious, procure, and secure). The notion of doing something carefully led on naturally to the notion of exactness.=> curate, curious, procure, secure
- accurate (adj.)
- 1610s, "done with care," from Latin accuratus "prepared with care, exact, elaborate," past participle of accurare "take care of," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + curare "take care of" (see cure (n.1)). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1650s). Related: Accurately; accurateness.
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Example
- 1. The worse things get , the more accurate david rosenberg looks .
- 2. All of this requires accurate valuations .
- 3. The firm has said that its accounts are accurate .
- 4. You aren 't trying to build a perfectly accurate map of the surrounding , just a sketch .
- 5. This series is scientifically accurate and wildly entertaining .