precise

Definition for precise

adjective as in exact, accurate

Strongest matches

accurate, actual, clear-cut, correct, decisive, definite, exact, explicit, literal, narrow, particular, proper, rigid, rigorous, specific, strict

Weak matches

absolute, categorical, circumscribed, determinate, express, fixed, individual, limited, nice, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on-target, restricted, right, stringent, unequivocal, very, well-defined

adjective as in meticulous, fastidious

Strongest matches

careful, detail-oriented, exact, formal, particular, rigid, scrupulous, strict

Weak matches

ceremonious, choosy, finicky, fussy, genteel, inflexible, nice, persnickety, picky, priggish, prim, prissy, punctilious, stickling, stiff, stuffy, uncompromising

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The pair of satellites are currently orbiting Earth in lockstep with each other, but eventually will separate in a highly precise and technical procedure.

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No recall is a positive event, Bratager said, but when a recall has a smaller number of people affected by the outbreak, it’s reflective of monitoring and detection efforts becoming more precise.

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In June, his research group reported on their latest findings, providing the most precise measurements of neutrino mass to date.

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A hundred years before there was a precise name for it, the symptoms were unmistakable.

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But now, scientists at UC San Francisco may have found a more precise way to dial the immune system down.

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