exact
[ɪɡˈzækt]
Definition:
1. Correct in every detail.
2. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.
'exact' example sentence:
- The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed.
- Why can't I remember the exact year we married?
- I don't remember the exact words.
- He was an exacting man to work for.
- I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them ─ I think they're cousins.
- A small number — five, to be exact — have been bad.
- I can't remember her exact words.
- Nobody will know the exact position until Monday, when it is do-or-die for the deal.
- I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment.
- 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.
- The exact measurements of the room are 3 metres 20 by 2 metres 84.
- Scientists now believe they have come up with the exact reason.
- He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him.
- Cut it into two exact halves.
- What were his exact words?
- I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them—I think they're cousins.
- The exact quantity cannot be determined at present.
- How can we know the exact names of everything?
- She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.
- She gave an exact description of the attacker.
- They, too, would be likely to exact a high price for their cooperation.
- Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?
- Billionaires are usually fairly secretive about the exact amount that they're worth.
- He exacted a terrible revenge for their treatment of him.
- Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard.
- It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
- It is as exact as a gun.
- I've found a vase that is an exact match of the one I broke.
- She's in her mid-thirties ─ thirty-six to be exact.
- The exact mechanics of how payment will be made will be decided later.
- It happened late last century ─ in 1895 to be exact.
- She knew the exact location of The Eagle's headquarters.
- It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.
- He showed me the exact spot where he had asked her to marry him.
- Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first.
- The last two clauses were an exact quote rather than a paraphrase of Mr. Forth's remarks.
- The exact length of each period may vary.
- It's difficult to define the exact nature of the problem.
- What is the exact location of the ship?
- I stumbled across an extremely simple but very exact method for understanding where my money went.
- The colours were an exact match.
- The painting cannot be assigned an exact date.
- She was determined to exact a promise from him.
- We can fix the ship's exact position at the time the fire broke out.
- Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.
- Forecasting floods is not an exact science.
- We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
- Stress can exact a high price from workers.