accurate

adjectif

1. 1

   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. 2

   Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

   My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.

3. 3

   On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.

   an accurate pass

   an accurate shot

4. 4

   Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.

   an accurate marksman

   an accurate shooter

5. 5

   obsolètePrecisely 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

Formes

comparatif

more accurate

superlatif

most accurate