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Exact

/ɪɡˈzækt/

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

📖 Definitions of "Exact"

verb

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
To make desirable or necessary.
3
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
"to exact revenge on someone"

adjective

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
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
"In my doings I was exact."
3
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
4
(of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

adverb

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
directverb	Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
rigorous	Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
rightnoun	Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
demandnoun	The desire to purchase goods and services.
preciseverb	(loosely) Both exact and accurate.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
perfectnoun	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
strict	Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
claimnoun	To demand ownership of.
correctverb	Free from error; true; accurate.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
accurate	Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
verbatimnoun	Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
literalnoun	Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
mathematical	Of, or relating to mathematics
photographic	Pertaining to photographs or photography.
word-for-word	Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
inexact	Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
perfect	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
accurate	Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
precise	(loosely) Both exact and accurate.
literal	Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
verbatim	(of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
word-for-word	Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).
rightnoun	Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
direct	Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
demandnoun	The desire to purchase goods and services.
rigorous	Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
claimnoun	To demand ownership of.
strict	Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
correct	Free from error; true; accurate.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
mathematical	Of, or relating to mathematics
photographicnoun	Pertaining to photographs or photography.
accuracynoun	The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
exactly	(manner) Without approximation; precisely.
just	Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.