exact
verb
- to demand and enforce payment of
adjective
- precise, with no uncertainty
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzækt/ / /ɛɡ-/
adj
Etymology: From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
“An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason.”
- Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
adv
Etymology: From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
- exactly
“She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!”
verb
Etymology: From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
- To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
“to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone”
“He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.”
- To make desirable or necessary.
“I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.”
- To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
“to exact revenge on someone”