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exactitude

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Attention to small details; accuracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exactness

Antonyms: inexactitude

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being exact

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he demanded exactness in all details
  • a man of great exactitude

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exactness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accuracy, truth

Narrower terms: minuteness, preciseness, precision, trueness

History

Etymology

From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: прецизност (preciznost) — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Bulgarian: акуратност (akuratnost) — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Catalan: exactitud — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Catalan: justesa — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Esperanto: precizeco — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • French: exactitude — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Galician: exactitude — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Irish: beachtaíocht — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Irish: beaichte — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Irish: cruinneas — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Portuguese: exatidão — attention to small details — see also accuracy
  • Spanish: exactitud — attention to small details — see also accuracy