accurate

Pronunciation: /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
  2. adjective (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- + cūrō. First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

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Semantic network

Similar
straight, veracious, high-fidelity, true
Opposite (antonyms)
inaccurate

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