precise
adjectifverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //pɹɪˈsaɪs//
Both exact and accurate.
adjectif
- 1
Both exact and accurate.
precise definition
highly precise
precise calculation
Please give a precise measurement of the room.
- 2
Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).
- 3
Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious.
Étymologie
From Middle French précis, from Latin praecīsus, perfect passive participle of praecīdere, from prae- (“before, in front”) + caedere (“cut; strike”), cognate with hit. Related to incise. Doublet of précis.
verbe
- 1
To make or render precise; to specify.
This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need to precise the objectives of the CFP.
Formes
- comparatif
- more precise, preciser
- superlatif
- most precise, precisest
- passé
- precised
- participe passé
- precised
- participe présent
- precising
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- precises