accurate
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Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
adjetivo
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Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
an accurate calculator
an accurate measure
accurate knowledge
For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.
- 2
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
- 3
On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
an accurate pass
an accurate shot
- 4
Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
an accurate marksman
an accurate shooter
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obsoletoPrecisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cūrō Latin accūrō Latin accūrātusbor. English accurate Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.
Formas
- comparativo
- more accurate
- superlativo
- most accurate
accurate · Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
accurately · In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or…accusation · The act of accusing.accuse · To find fault with, blame, censure.