precise
Other forms: precisest; preciser
Precise means strictly correct or very exact. If you need something to be precise, like the positioning of a safety net for a stunt jump over a canyon, there's no room for error.
The word precise might make you think of a scientist carefully measuring the mass of a chemical for an experiment or an accountant double checking her calculations. But there's value to being precise in less formal situations as well. When making a grilled cheese sandwich, for example, it’s important that the arrangement of ingredients be precise: place a tomato in each corner and ensure that the cheese covers every inch of bread so that each bite is full of gooey delight.
-
sharply exact or accurate or delimited“a precise mind”“specified a precise amount”“arrived at the precise moment”synonyms:accurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracydistincteasy to perceive; especially clearly outlinedexactmarked by strict and particular and complete accordance with factspecific(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or uniquedeadunerringly accuratefineminutely precise especially in differences in meaningmicroscopicextremely precise with great attention to detailsveryprecisely as statedantonyms:imprecisenot preciseinaccuratenot exactinexactnot exactgeneralapplying to all or most members of a category or groupgeneralsomewhat indefinite
-
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago
Vocabulary lists containing precise
Here are 68 Tier 2 words that are likely to be found on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) ELA exams for 6th - 11th grades. These words may show up in the reading passages, but you are more likely to encounter them in the test questions and possible answers.
The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson will need resourcefulness, courage, and strength in order to stay alive.
Shipwrecked and blinded from a torpedo attack, Phillip must conquer his prejudices when his only companion is an elderly West Indian man named Timothy.