accurate

comparative more accurate · superlative most accurate

1. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.First known use 1650

   accurate knowledge

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   an accurate calculator

   an accurate measure

   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

   Synonyms: word-perfect

2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

   My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.

   Synonyms: unerring

3. On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.

   an accurate pass

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   an accurate shot

   Synonyms: precise

4. Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.

   an accurate shooter

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   an accurate marksman

5. obsoletePrecisely fixed; executed with care; careful.First known use 1610

   for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have

   1625, Bacon, Of the Vicissitude of Things