exact | |
1. adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. | |
The clock keeps exact time. | |
He paid the exact debt. | |
an exact copy of a letter | |
exact accounts | |
2. adj. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual. | |
a man exact in observing an appointment | |
In my doings I was exact. | |
3. adj. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. | |
4. adj. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one. | |
5. v. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. | |
to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone. | |
6. v. To make desirable or necessary. | |
7. v. To forcibly obtain or produce. | |
to exact revenge on someone | |
8. adv. exactly | |
She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am! | |