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Exact

Definition: Exact

Exact

Adjective

1. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target".

2. Exact in performance or amount; strictly correct; "a precise instrument"; "a precise measurement".

Verb

1. Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan".

2. Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exact" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Exact \Ex*act"\, intransitive verb. To practice exaction. [Rare]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Exact sequence

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics, especially in homological algebra and other applications of Abelian category theory, as well as in group theory, an exact sequence is a (finite or infinite) sequence of objects and morphisms between them such that the image of one morphism equals the kernel of the next.

Definition

To be precise, fix an Abelian category (such as the category of Abelian groups or the category of vector spaces over a given field) or some other category with kernelss and cokernels (such as the category of all groups). Choose an index set of consecutive integers. Then for each integer i in the index set, let Ai be an object in the category and let fi be a morphism from Ai to Ai+1. This defines a sequence of objects and morphisms.

The sequence is exact at Ai if the image of fi−1 is equal to the kernel of fi:

im fi−1 = ker fi.
The sequence is exact, period, if it is exact at each object.

A long exact sequence is a sequence indexed by the entire set of all integers. Exact sequences indexed by the natural numbers or by a finite set are also quite common.

Short exact sequences

To make sense of the definition, it is helpful to consider what it means in a relatively simple case where the sequence is finite and begins and ends with 0. Consider the sequence

Any exact sequence of this form is called a short exact sequence.

By the fact that the p-image of 0 is simply the 0 of A, exactness dictates that the kernel of q is 0; in other words, q is a monomorphism. More generally, if 0 → AB is part of any exact sequence, then the morphism from A to B is monic.

Conversely, since the kernel of s is all of C (what other options do we have?), by exactness the image of r is C, so r is an epimorphism. Again, if BC → 0 is part of any exact sequence, then the morphism from B to C is epic.

A consequence of these last two facts is that if 0 → XY → 0 is exact, then X and Y must be isomorphic.

As a more important consequence, since C is isomorphic to B/(im A) by the first isomorphism theorem, if A is a subset of B (or if we choose to identify A with its image), then the existence of the short exact sequence above tells us that C = B/A.

The splitting lemma states that if we have a morphism t: BA such that t o q is the identity on A or a morphism u: CB such that r o u is the identity on C, then B is a twisted direct sum of A and C. (For groups, a twisted direct sum is a semidirect product; in an Abelian category, every twisted direct sum is an ordinary direct sum.) In this case, we say that the short exact sequene splits\.

Applications of exact sequences

Notice that in an exact sequence, the composition fi+1 o fi maps Ai to 0 in Ai+2, so the sequence of objects and morphisms is a chain complex. Furthermore, only fi-images of elements of Ai are mapped to 0 by fi+1, so the homology of this chain complex is trivial. Conversely, given any chain complex, its homology can be thought of as a measure of the degree to which it fails to be exact.

If we take a series of short exact sequences linked by chain complexes (that is, a short exact sequence of chain complexes, or from another point of view, a chain complex of short exact sequences), then we can derived from this a long exact sequence by repeated application of the snake lemma. This comes up in algebraic topology in the study of relative homology. The Mayer-Vietoris sequence is another example.

The extension problem of group theory is essentially the question, given A and C in a short exact sequence, of what B can be. It is important in the classification of groups.

must include more examples....

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Exact sequence."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Exact

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

EXACT

EnglishExploitation of Asynchronous Circuit TechnologiesComputing, European Union
EXAPTEnglishExact automatic programming of toolsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Exact

Synonyms: accurate (adj), precise (adj), claim (v), demand (v), take (v). (additional references)
Antonym: inexact (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Exact

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Command

Bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on; (compel).

Conciseness

Adjective: concise, brief, short, terse,close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious; (compendium); succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.

Dueness

Demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.

Duty

Impose a duty; Noun: enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

Greed

Verb: covet, crave (desire); grasp; exact, extort.

Insolence

Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.

Instantaneity

Epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute; very time, very hour; present time, right time, true time, exact correct time.

Memory

Retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.

Observance

Adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity; (probity); exact; -observance.

Perspicuity

Adjective: lucid; (intelligible); explicit; (manifest); exact.

Price

Verb: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill; (debt); have one's price; liquidate.

Similarity

Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.

Truth

Plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth; nuda veritas; the very thing; not an -illusion; real Simon Pure; unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth; the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; just the thing.

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Undueness

Infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Exact

English words defined with "exact": A tempo giusto, accurate, aliquant, aliquant part, aliquot, aliquot part, aneuploid, aneuploidy, antithesis, approximate, approximative, autotypebalance, ballparkCombination by weight, Combining weight, contrary, Copying press, correspondence, CounterpoleDiophantine analysis, direct, direct discourse, direct quotation, disciplinarianEnharmonical, Exacritude, Exacted, exactitude, exactness, explicit definitionfacsimile, Fess point, FormingGauged brick, geodesyhesitate, high noonidentical, identicalness, identity, In specie, Inadequation, indistinguishability, inexactJust intonationletter-perfect, literal interpretation, Literalistmartinet, match, mate, metronome, middlemost, midmost, minute, mocking bird, modification, moralistnarrowone and the same, OverexquisiteParticular redemption, patient, perfect, Pitch farthing, Point system of type bodies, Point-devise, precise, Precisian, Puncticular, Punctualistratiocinative, reflex camera, roughscientific method, selfsame, significant digit, significant figure, Sizer, sketch map, Spider lines, stopo watch, stopwatch, Submultiple, Succus entericus, symmetricalness, symmetryTime detector, tithe, To make out, To make terms, Tough-pitchUnexactvery, Volta-electrometerwaffle, waver, Word for word, word-perfect. (references)
Specialty definitions using "exact": exact chi-squared test. (references)
Etymologies containing "exact": Puncticular. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Exact" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (exact, exactly, sharp), French (accurate, adroit, correct, exact, faithful, proper, right, true), Romanian (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it).

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Modern Usage: Exact

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You just described the exact contents of my purse (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

My parents pulled this exact same act for years (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Barry can pick out the exact right flavor of ice cream to follow any meal (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel)

It's the same exact thing (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

This is my exact inner structure, done in a tee shirt (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

Lyrics

in the exact same way they never did (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

As a matter of taste to be exact ("My Guy"; performing artist: Mary Wells)

Right and exact (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

Clever

Exact estimate (references; author: unknown)

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Exact

DomainTitle

References

  • Exact Holding NV: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ancient & Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur Knorr (Csli Lecture Notes) (reference)

  • Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica: Catalogue of Works in Many Tongues on Exact and Applied Science, With a Subject-Index (reference)

  • Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations (reference)

  • Handbook of Exact Solutions for Ordinary Differential Equations, Second Edition (reference)

  • Infinite Families of Exact Sums of Squares Formulas, Jacobi (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Exact

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Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

White woman patient is being operated on. Her nipple is being incised by the surgeon. The surgeon and an operating room attendant are visible (there may actually be two surgeons). A surgical biopsy is being performed to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Figure 23. Kofoid net devised by Charles A. Kofoid of the University of Califor nia at Berkeley in 1909. Above: in the functioning position. Lower left: in descent. Lower right: upon ascent. This net sampling system was meant to guarantee the verticality of the cable and sampling at the exact depth desired. It was tested off San Diego in 1909 at 1000 meters depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 38. Hygrometer register, built to record variations in relative humidity. The hygrometer is built on principles discovered by Horace Benedict Saussure in 1783 and uses the changes in length of human hair and animal hair with humidity to derive relative humidity. The exact age of this recording instrument is unknown. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lawyer: now, sir, remember you are under oath, and must tell me the exact truth, this young lady, at the moment you describe, was sitting on your lap?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Columbus Day. This tiny vessel sailed the Atlantic Ocean. The 42-foot "Niña II" is an exact replica of the Columbus ship ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Though they look like satin cushions, these smoothly sanded instrument protectors are made from plywood. Exact purpose of the covers is a military secret. Workers in the foreground are fitting the door on a complet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Checking on exact fill of cans in cherry canning plant. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

New York: a birdseye view from the harbor, showing Manhattan Island in its surroundings, with various points of interest in the city and the location of Rogers, Peet & Co.'s building, the exact center of the clothing trade in New York City. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Exact
 

"Iris Dance I" by Lynn Cummings
Commentary: "I find myself babysitting them and waiting for that exact day to shoot them..."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Exact".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Drumming; drum; beating; methodical; analytical; businesslike; careful; deliberate; disciplined; exact; fixed; framed; methodic; methodized; meticulous; neat; ordered; orderly; planned; precise; regular; scrupulous; set up; structured; systematic; tidy; t.Vending machine; coke; soda; snack; exact change; coin; coinage; coins; dime; nickel; quarter.
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Familiar Quotations: Exact

AuthorQuotation

Confucius

Act with kindness, but do not exact gratitude.

Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Gustave Flaubert

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

Guy Bellamy

Hindsight is an exact science.

Homer

The Erinyes, who exact punishment of men underground if one swears a false oath.

John Milton

Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?

Lord Byron

Constancy... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal.

Otto Von Bismarck-schoenhausen

Die Politick ist keine exakte Wissenschaft. Politics are not an exact science.

Thomas Carlyle

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to Say, Like People like Government.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Exact

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

To every villainous meanness of this model man it gave a hidden, higher, Socialistic interpretation, the exact contrary of its real character. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Exact

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Here it is necessary that we should give an exact idea of the dwelling of the Bishop of D__.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

His apprehension was so clear, and his judgment so exact, that he made very wise reflections and observations upon all I said

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Exact

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The exact cause is not always known. (references)

The more specific the question, the more exact the response. (references)

Usually, the exact cause of the muscle damage is never found. (references)

Business

Bid only on the exact specifications listed in the tender. (references)

Exporters should consult the local Dutch customs authorities for exact import duty values. (references)

It is known that many factories ceased operations during this time, but exact figures are not available. (references)

Children

Maldives

Although unable to provide an exact number, the Ministry noted that there continued to be reports of child abuse during the year, including sexual abuse. (references)

Ghana

Trokosi shrines all follow these general practices; however, specific practices, such as the length of indoctrination, the exact nature of the ritual instruction, and the requirements for the release rites, vary from shrine to shrine and district to district. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

However, information regarding the exact procedure for registering a religious denomination was not available. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

The refurbished equipment must meet the exact same performance of new equipment. (references)

Oman

As of 2001, the exact means and manner in which it intends to privatize GTO were still under discussion. (references)

Ukraine

Market size analysis is complicated by the difficulty in obtaining exact statistical data from Ukrainian institutions. (references)

Human Rights

Burundi

U.N. security forces reported numerous ambushes during the year; however, no exact figure was available. (references)

Zimbabwe

A number of farm workers reportedly were killed in political violence; however, exact figures were not known. (references)

Lebanon

Human rights activists believe that there are still Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons; however, the exact number is unknown. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

During the raids, the militias, which frequently are not paid by the Government for their services, exact their own remuneration from the villages. (references)

Colombia

Exact numbers of displaced persons are difficult to obtain because some persons were displaced more than once, and many displaced persons do not register with the Government or other entities. (references)

Colombia

However, while no consensus exists regarding the exact number of internally displaced persons (IDP's), observers agreed that there has been a significant increase in displacements over the past 3 years. (references)

Trade

Chad

Identification numbers on bills of lading, airway bills and invoices must be exact. (references)

Argentina

Please consult a freight forwarder, an insurance company, a port terminal, or a customs broker for exact costs. (references)

Spain

Declarations must use the exact terminology of the tariff classification under which the goods are being imported. (references)

Travel

Syria

Exact date to be confirmed. (references)

Chad

NB: (M) - Muslim holidays are based on the lunar calendar and the exact dates may vary in different countries. (references)

Kuwait

It is always best to call ahead to confirm directions and the exact location of the company or ministry one intends to visit. (references)

Women

Malta

Although exact figures were not available, there were some prosecutions during the year. (references)

Guinea

FGM is performed on girls and women between the ages of 4 and 70, but exact figures on this procedure are difficult to establish. (references)

Russia

There has been no substantial research in this area, so exact figures are unavailable; however, women's average incomes generally are estimated to be significantly below average male incomes. (references)

Worker Rights

Latvia

Latvia is primarily a country of origin and transit for trafficked victims rather than a destination, although no exact statistics are available. (references)

Ukraine

While exact membership is unknown, there were estimated to be approximately 3 million members of non-FPU members and 14 million members of FPU-affiliated unions. (references)

Guinea

Approximately 160,000 workers were reported as unionized, although inadequate labor statistics make it difficult to estimate the exact percentage of workers in unions. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me -- My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine. Precept on precept, aye, and line on line, Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree With reason as thy touch, exact and free, Upon my forehead and along my spine. At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup, With the hot grape I warm no more my wit; When on thy stool of penitence I sit I'm quite converted, for I can't get up. Ungrateful he who afterward would falter To make new sacrifices at thine altar!

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Exact

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gary Sinise

I can't do the exact voice, or, you know, I'm not Rich Little or something like that. But what I can try to do is create the impression so that people believe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Exact

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797As commander in chief of the militia when called into the actual service of the United States, I have visited the places of general rendezvous to obtain more exact information and to direct a plan for ulterior movements.

John Adams

1797-1801That, as a republic is the best of governments, so that particular arrangement of the powers of society, or, in other words, that form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the laws, is the best of republics.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Both officers and soldiers seem imbued with a proper sense of duty, and conform to the restraints of exact discipline with that cheerfulness which becomes the profession of arms.

James K. Polk

1845-1849Equal and exact justice should characterize all our intercourse with foreign countries.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897If we exact from unwilling minds acquiescence in the theory of an honest distribution of the fund of the governmental beneficence treasured up for all, we but insist upon a principle which underlies our free institutions.

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893We shall neither fail to respect the flag of any friendly nation or the just rights of its citizens, nor to exact the like treatment for our own.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Exact

"Exact" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.82% of the time. "Exact" is used about 2,295 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)95.82%2,1993,992
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.48%8037,112
Lexical Verb (base form)0.61%1493,893
Unclassified Items0.09%2245,945
                    Total100.00%2,295N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Exact

CountryName
Netherlands

Exact Holding NV

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Exact

Expressions using "exact": exact age exact correct time exact fare exact sciences exact time. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "exact": exact-stats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Exact

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

exact time

346

english exact signed

6

exact audio copy

228

exact mobile

6

exact

100

exact seek

6

but design exact one same

45

exact search

5

exact software

43

copy dvd exact

5

fisher exact test

34

exact detail

5

signing exact english

20

exact optics peripheral

5

exact science

19

advertising exact

5

audio exact

14

exact fisher

5

copy exact

12

2000 exact globe

4

exact toolbar

12

exact phrase

4

exact time atomic clock

11

calculation exact mercury perihelion precession

4

exact target

10

kaytee exact

4

cd copy exact

10

cut exact ten

4

bar exact search

9

eac exact audio copy

4

exact time of day

9

audio copy download exact

4

exact louis replica vuitton

8

exact soundstream

4

exact pm science

8

english exact sign

4

exact power

7

designer exact handbag replica

3

exact staff

7

exact mat

3

exact motorsports

3
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Modern Translation: Exact

Language Translations for "exact"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

reg (correct, jurisprudence, law, proper, right, true), juis (accurate, correct, precise, proper, right). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), i saktë (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, explicit, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, Pat, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, strict, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), i përpiktë (neat, orderly, painstaking, precise, punctilious, right, scrupulous), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏متقن (accurate, artful, dexterous, dextrous, excellent, exquisite, masterful, masterly, neat, perfect, precise, skilful, skillful, subtle), ‏مضبوط (accurate, all right, correct, ok, okay, okey, perfect, precise, proper, right, sound, valid), ‏مدقق (inspected, investigated, pedantic, scanned, scrupulous, scrutinized), ‏تطلب (ask, call, call for, claim, demand, need, require, take, want), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, extreme, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stark, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ‏إنتزع (conquer, draw, extort, extract, get smth. off one's hands, grab, snatch, swagger, tear, tear out, twitch, wrest, wring, yank), ‏إغتصب (assault, assume, commandeer, convert, extort, force, rape, wring), ‏إبتز (blackmail, carry favor, carry favour, diddle, extort, outdistance, pump, squeeze out, sting, swindle), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

точен (accurate, careful, correct, express, faithful, just, literal, minute, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, strict, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), взискателен (choosey, exacting, exigent, fastidious, nice, rigorous, strict), настоявам за (stick out for, stipulate for), методичен (methodic, methodical, orderly, systematic, well-regulated), прецизен (accurate, businesslike, curious, pinpoint, precision, refined, sensitive, smart), искам настоятелно, изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, take, want), изискан (accomplished, classic, discerning, distinguished, elegant, exquisite, gracious, neat, nice, polished, polite, precise, recherche, refined, tasteful, urbane, well-rounded). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

exacte. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

精密 (accuracy), 確切 (definite, precise), 确切, 準確 (accurate, precise). (various references)

   

Czech

  

exaktní (scientific), vynucovat, vymáhat (claw back), vyžadovat (ask, call for, claim, involve, necessitate, require, stipulate, take), přesný (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, correct, definite, faithful, just, literal, nice, precise, punctual, right, specific, strict, subtle, true, truthful). (various references)

   

Danish

  

rigtig (correct, proper, right). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nauwkeurig (accurate, on time, prompt, punctual), exact (exactly, sharp), accuraat (accurate, exactly, on time, prompt, punctual, sharp). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ekzakta, rekvizicii (requisition, seize), ĝusta (correct, proper, right). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

neyvur (accurate, precise), nágrannur, krevja (claim, demand, postulate, presume, require, requisition, seize), heinta (get, requisition, seize, send for), girnast (covet, requisition, seize). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Intact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified, Whole), تحمیل کردن بر, عینا (Just, Plumb, Slapdash, Smackdab, Very), عین (Self), صحیح (Authentic, Correct, Good, Integral, Right, Safe, True, Valid), درست (Accurate, Authentic, Conscionable, Correct, Entire, Even, Genuine, Integral, Just, Legitimate, Orthodox, Outandout, Perfect, Plumb, Right, Smackdab, Sock, Sound, Straight, Straightforward, True, Trustworthy, Upright, Valid, Veracious, Whole), بزورمطالبه کردن , بزورگرفتن (Extort, Hog, Usurp, Wring). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

täsmällinen (accurate, on time, precise, prompt, punctual, strict). (various references)

   

French

  

exact, juste. (various references)

   

German

  

genau (absolute, accurate, accurately, bang, close, closely, correct, correctly, dead, detailed, directly, due, even, exacting, exactly, fairly, faithfully, fastidious, fine, finely, intimately, level, meticulous, meticulously, minutely, near, nice, nicely, on time, particular, pedantic, precise, precisely, prompt, properly, punctilious, punctual, quite, right, rigid, scrupulous, sharp, shrewd, smoothly, specific, specifically, Square, squarely, strict, strictly, true, very), richtig (accurate, affirmative, aright, correct, correctly, duly, fit, justly, proper, properly, quite, real, really, regular, right, rightly, thoroughly, true, unmitigated, unmitigatedly), pünktlich (accurate, meticulous, on time, on-time, precise, prompt, punctual, punctuality, punctually, sharp), exakt (accurate, concisely, exactly, meticulous, meticulously, minutely, precise, precisely, proper). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απαιτώ (call for, claim, come down on, demand, entail, necessitate, postulate, require, requisition). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מדויק (accurate, correct, precise, strict, unerring), מדוקדק (accurate, precise, rigorous, strict), לדרוש (demand, require), לסחוט (pinch, press, squeeze, tap, wring), לנשות (be dried up, dry), לנגוש (oppress, press, urge), קפדני (austere, meticulous, pedantic, punctilious, rigorous, stern, strait laced, strict, stringent, thorough), טפוף (flush), נכון (clear, correct, just, o.k., prepared, proper, ready, right, sound, true). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

precíz (accurate, on time, orderly, painstaking, precise, prompt, punctual, stringent), szabatos (accurate, businesslike, crisp, nice, precise, punctual, strict, succinct), pontos (accurate, be precise, close, correct, distinct, expidite, faithful, near, nice, on time, particular, pinpoint, precise, prompt, punctual, strait, strict), egzakt. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tepat (accurate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, aptly, convenient, effective, exactly, opportune, precise, prompt, right), seksama (accurate, thorough), betul (correct, fine, really, right, true), akurat (accurate). (various references)

   

Italian

  

preciso (accurate, careful, clean, close, definite, identic, identical, on time, particular, positive, precise, prompt, pronounced, punctual, rigorous, strict, thorough, trenchant, true), esatto (accurate, attunes, careful, close, correct, definite, exactly, express, narrow, near, nice, on time, Plumb, prompt, punctual, right, strict, true, tunes). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

精密  (detailed, precise), 精密 (close, detailed, minute, precise), 寸分たがわず  (accurate, to the inch), 寸分たがわず (accurate, to the inch). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すんぶんたがわず (accurate, to the inch), せいみつ (close, detailed, minute, precise). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

엄정한. (various references)

   

Manx

  

kiart (accurate, concession, correct, due, just, level, orthodox, precise, prerogative, proper, pukka, right, thorough-paced, title, true, true real, undeviating), cruinn (accurate, circular, circumstantial, compact, consummate, detailed, round, scrupulous, spherical, strict, unambigous), corrym (adequate, amends, candid, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, flat, flat rate of pay, flush, impartial, justice, level, par, pregnant, revenge, satisfaction, tally, tantamount, treatment). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

nøyaktig (exactly). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

exacto. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exactay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

właściwy (correct, proper, right). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, faithful, incorrupt, just, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

exata. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

точный (accurate, clockwork, correct, deadeye, definite, direct, neat, nice, perfect, pinpoint, precise, punctual, rigorous, strict). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

puncail (accurate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

egzaktan, tačan (accurate, clean-cut, correct, just, pinpoint, precise, punctual, veracious), precizan (precise, punctilious), iznuditi (extort, force, pry out, shake down), akuratan (regular). (various references)

   

Somali

  

go'an. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exacto (accurate, apt, certain, correct, just, one-to-one, precise, proper, punctual, quite right, reliable, religious, right, strict, true, trust), preciso (accurate, correct, definite, necessary, pinpoint, precise, proper, requisite, right). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

noga (accurate, exactly, fastidious, precise, thoroughly, well), exakt (accurate, dead, definite, exactly, faithful, flat, just, precise, precisely, slap bang, veracious, very). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

tamà (accurate, precise), tama (accurate, precise, right, righthand), hustó (accurate, enough, precise, quite, rather, sufficiently). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ถูกต้องแม่นยำ, ต้องการ (ask, lack, like, need, require, take). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kati (conclusive, definite, flat, stark, stiff), dakik (minute, nice, precise, prompt, punctual, refined, rigorous), dayatmak (insist, stick out), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, due, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veracity, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), gerçekçi (down to earth, hard-headed, literal, matter of fact, practical, realist, realistic), ısrarla istemek (importune, solicit), istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, require, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), tamı tamına (cool, exactly, fully), titiz (careful, choosy, cleanly, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, exacting, exigent, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, jealous, jealous of, meticulous, niggling, niminy-piminy, particular, peevish, pernickety, picky, rigorous, scrupulous, squeamish, touchy), zorla almak (extort, grab, rape, reave, Rob, snatch, squeeze, usurp, wrench, wrench smth. away from smb., wrench smth. from smb., wrest, wring), gerektirmek (beggar, call for, entail, imply, indicate, involve, necessitate, require, suppose, take, want). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

takyk, hut (just), dogry (straight, true). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стягати (run back, twitch), точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), заслуговувати (deserve, earn, merit, need), пунктуальний (nice, precise, punctual, solicitous), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, solicit, woo). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

chính xác (accurate, breadth, exactly, precision, specifically, strict, stringent, truthful, unerring), đúng dắn (duly), đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, due, fair, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

union (direct, just, straight), manwl (particular, precise, strict), dichlyn (careful, choose, circumspect, pick), cymwys (apt, fit, proper, suitable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Exact

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

accuratus, exactus, exigo, subtilior, subtilis, sum, sumam, sumamus, sumas, sumat, sume, sumebant, sumenda, sumendi, sumens, sument, sumentes, sumere, sumerem, sumeret, sumes, sumesque, sumet, sumetis, sumetisque, sumetque, sumetur, sumit, sumite, sumpserim, sumpserint, sumpsero, sumpserunt, sumpsimus, sumpsisset, sumpsisti, sumpsit, sumpsitque, sumpta, sumptis, sumptu, sumptum, sumptumque, sumptus, sumunt, tribulabat, tribulabitur, tribulabo, tribulamini, tribulamur, tribulant, tribulantes, tribulantis, tribulantium, tribularentur, tribularer, tribulas, tribulasti, tribulato, tribulatus, tribulaverat, tribulaverunt, tribulavit, tribulor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Exact

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 3, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO de eipen proV autouV mhden pleon para to diatetagmenon umin prassete
Latin405VulgateAt ille dixit ad eos nihil amplius quam quod constitutum est vobis faciatis
Old English990West Saxonþa cwæð he ne do ge naht mare þonne þæt eow geset is;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he seide to hem, Do ye no thing more, than that that is ordeyned to you.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he sayde vnto the: requyre no more then that which ys appoynted vnto you.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he said to them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Exact

LanguageLuke Chapter 3, Verse 13
CebuanoSiya mitubag kanila, "Ayaw na kamo pagpaningil ug labaw sa ginatugot kaninyo."
Chinese約 翰 說 、 除 了 例 定 的 數 目 、 不 要 多 取 。
CroatianReèe im: "Ne utjerujte više nego što vam je odreðeno."
DanishMen han sagde til dem: "Kræver intet ud over, hvad eder er forordnet."
DutchEn hij zeide tot hen: Eist niet meer, dan hetgeen u gezet is.
FinnishHän sanoi heille: "Älkää vaatiko enempää, kuin mikä teille on säädetty".
FrenchIl leur répondit: N`exigez rien au delà de ce qui vous a été ordonné.
GermanEr sprach zu ihnen: Fordert nicht mehr, denn gesetzt ist.
Haitian CreoleLi reponn yo: Pa fè moun peye plis pase sa lalwa mande a.
HungarianÕ pedig monda nékik: Semmi többet ne követeljetek, mint a mi elõtökbe rendeltetett.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYohanes menjawab, "Janganlah menagih lebih banyak dari apa yang sudah ditetapkan."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka katanya kepada mereka itu, "Janganlah kamu menuntut lebih daripada barang yang ditetapkan kepadamu."
Manx GaelicAs dooyrt eh roo, Ny trog-jee ny smoo na ta er nyn gurrym.
MaoriKa mea ia ki a ratou, Kei nui ake i nga mea i whakaritea ma koutou ta koutou e tango ai.
NorwegianHan sa til dem: Krev ikke mere enn hvad eder er foreskrevet!
PortugueseRespondeu-lhes ele: Não cobreis além daquilo que vos foi prescrito.   
RumanianEl le -a rqspuns: ,,Sq nu cereyi nimic mai mult peste ce v`a fost poruncit sq luayi.``
RussianпО ПФЧЕЮБМ ЙН: ОЙЮЕЗП ОЕ ФТЕВХКФЕ ВПМЕЕ ПРТЕДЕМЕООПЗП ЧБН.
ShuarTutai Juan Tímiayi "Kuit uunt akupin tana nu iniankasrum achikiairap."
SpanishÉl les decía: --No cobréis más de lo que os está ordenado.
SwahiliNaye akawaambia, "Msitoze ushuru zaidi ya kima kilichowekwa."
SwedishHan svarade dem: "Kräven icke ut mer än vad som är eder föreskrivet."
UmaNatompoi' -ra: "Neo' -koi mesingara' melabi ngkai to rapakatantu topoparenta."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Exact

Derivations

Words beginning with "exact": exacta, exactable, exactas, exacted, exacter, exacters, exactest, exacting, exactingly, exactingness, exactingnesses, exaction, exactions, exactitude, exactitudes, exactly, exactness, exactnesses, exactor, exactors, exacts. (additional references)

Words ending with "exact": inexact. (additional references)

Words containing "exact": inexactitude, inexactitudes, inexactly, inexactness, inexactnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Exact" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eacc, Ecacc, ecact, edact, Eeac, eggsact, egzact, ejact, Eksath, eract, evac, exa, exac, exacte, exacty, exanct, exant, Exarch, exat, exc, exca, excact, excta, exeat, exice, exict, exocit, expat, exrat, Extacy, Exwaste, ixact, xact. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Exact"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "exact" (pronounced igza"kt)
6i g z a" k tinexact.
4-z a" k ttransact.
3-a" k tabstract, act, attacked, attract, backed, blacked, counterattacked, cracked, impact, detract, diffract, distract, enact, extract, fact, hacked, intact, interact, jacked, lacked, overreact, packed, pact, protract, racked, react, redact, reenact, repacked, retract, sacked, slacked, smacked, stacked, subtract, tacked, tact, tracked, tract, unpacked, whacked, wracked.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Exact

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-t-x"

-1 letter: cate, tace.

-2 letters: ace, act, ate, axe, cat, eat, eta, tae, tax, tea.

-3 letters: ae, at, ax, et, ex, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-t-x"
 

+1 letter: exacta, exacts.

 

+2 letters: auxetic, coteaux, exactas, exacted, exacter, exactly, exactor, excreta, exotica, extract, inexact, taxemic.

 

+3 letters: acetoxyl, auxetics, cathexes, cathexis, chateaux, couteaux, epitaxic, exacters, exactest, exacting, exaction, exactors, excavate, excitant, excretal, execrate, exsecant, extracts, toxaemic.

 

+4 letters: acetoxyls, catalexes, catalexis, cataplexy, exactable, exactions, exactness, exarchate, excavated, excavates, excavator, excitable, excitants, excoriate, exculpate, execrated, execrates, execrator, executant, expectant, explicate, exsecants, exsiccate, extracted, extractor, extricate, exultance, exultancy, inexactly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Company Usage
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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