exact

[ɪɡˈzækt]

Definition:
1. Correct in every detail.
2. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.

Use 'exact' in a sentence:

• 1. The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed.
• 2. Why can't I remember the exact year we married?
• 3. I don't remember the exact words.
• 4. He was an exacting man to work for.
• 5. I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them ─ I think they're cousins.
• 6. A small number — five, to be exact — have been bad.
• 7. I can't remember her exact words.
• 8. Nobody will know the exact position until Monday, when it is do-or-die for the deal.
• 9. I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment.
• 10. The bedroom was an exact replica of the original, perfect right down to the patterns on the wallpaper and the hairbrushes on the dressing table.
• 11. The exact measurements of the room are 3 metres 20 by 2 metres 84.
• 12. Scientists now believe they have come up with the exact reason.
• 13. He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him.
• 14. Cut it into two exact halves.
• 15. What were his exact words?
• 16. I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them—I think they're cousins.
• 17. The exact quantity cannot be determined at present.
• 18. How can we know the exact names of everything?
• 19. She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.
• 20. She gave an exact description of the attacker.
• 21. They, too, would be likely to exact a high price for their cooperation.
• 22. Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?
• 23. Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they're worth.
• 24. He exacted a terrible revenge for their treatment of him.
• 25. Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard.
• 26. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
• 27. It is as exact as a gun.
• 28. I've found a vase that is an exact match of the one I broke.
• 29. She's in her mid-thirties ─ thirty-six to be exact.
• 30. The exact mechanics of how payment will be made will be decided later.
• 31. It happened late last century ─ in 1895 to be exact.
• 32. She knew the exact location of The Eagle's headquarters.
• 33. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.
• 34. He showed me the exact spot where he had asked her to marry him.
• 35. Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first.
• 36. The last two clauses were an exact quote rather than a paraphrase of Mr. Forth's remarks.
• 37. The exact length of each period may vary.
• 38. It's difficult to define the exact nature of the problem.
• 39. What is the exact location of the ship?
• 40. I stumbled across an extremely simple but very exact method for understanding where my money went.
• 41. The colours were an exact match.
• 42. The painting cannot be assigned an exact date.
• 43. She was determined to exact a promise from him.
• 44. We can fix the ship's exact position at the time the fire broke out.
• 45. Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.
• 46. Forecasting floods is not an exact science.
• 47. We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
• 48. Stress can exact a high price from workers.