adj
Meaning 1
Cutting off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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precisive
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US: /pɹiˈsaɪ.sɪv/
adj
Meaning 2
Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- precisive censure
- precisive abstraction
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History
Etymology
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