exact

/ɪɡˈzækt/

verb

  1. 1

    To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

    to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
  2. 2

    To make desirable or necessary.

  3. 3

    To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    to exact revenge on someone

adjective

  1. 1

    Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

    He paid the exact debt.
  2. 2

    Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

    In my doings I was exact.
  3. 3

    Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

  4. 4

    (of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

adverb

  1. 1

    Exactly

    She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!

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