accurate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der.
Proto-Italic *kʷoizā
Latin cūra
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cūrō
Latin accūrō
Latin accūrātusbor.
English accurate
Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.
Inflected forms:
form: more accurate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most accurate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
pos: adj
examples: an accurate calculator
an accurate measure
accurate knowledge
For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.
gloss: Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
pos: adj
examples: My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
gloss: On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
pos: adj
examples: an accurate pass
an accurate shot
gloss: Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
pos: adj
examples: an accurate marksman
an accurate shooter
gloss: Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have
Synonyms: correct
exact
just
nice
particular
Antonyms: inaccurate
Derived words: accuracy
accurately
accurateness
accurize
biblically accurate
hyperaccurate
nonaccurate
overaccurate
superaccurate
unaccurate
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مَضْبُوط
roman: maḍbūṭ
lang: Arabic
word: دَقِيق
roman: daqīq
lang: Armenian
word: ճիշտ
roman: čišt
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəqiq
lang: Basque
word: doi
lang: Belarusian
word: дакладны́
roman: dakladný
lang: Bulgarian
word: то́чен
roman: tóčen
lang: Bulgarian
word: преци́зен
roman: precízen
lang: Catalan
word: exacte
lang: Catalan
word: precís
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 準確 /准确
roman: zhǔnquè
lang: Czech
word: přesný
lang: Dutch
word: accuraat
lang: Dutch
word: precies
lang: Dutch
word: exact
lang: Dutch
word: trefzeker
lang: Dutch
word: nauwkeurig
lang: Esperanto
word: preciza
lang: Estonian
word: täpne
lang: Finnish
word: tarkka
lang: Finnish
word: täsmällinen
lang: Finnish
word: paikkansapitävä
lang: Finnish
word: täsmä-
lang: French
word: précis
lang: French
word: exact
lang: French
word: juste
lang: Georgian
word: ზუსტი
roman: zusṭi
lang: German
word: genau
lang: German
word: präzise
lang: German
word: exakt
lang: Greek
word: ακριβής
roman: akrivís
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀκριβής
roman: akribḗs
lang: Hindi
word: सटीक
roman: saṭīk
lang: Hungarian
word: pontos
lang: Icelandic
word: nákvæm
lang: Indonesian
word: akurat
lang: Indonesian
word: teliti
lang: Indonesian
word: tepat
lang: Indonesian
word: cermat
lang: Indonesian
word: titis
lang: Ingrian
word: tocnoi
lang: Interlingua
word: accurate
lang: Interlingua
word: precise
lang: Interlingua
word: exacte
lang: Interlingua
word: juste
lang: Irish
word: beacht
lang: Italian
word: accurato
lang: Italian
word: preciso
lang: Italian
word: esatto
lang: Italian
word: giusto
lang: Japanese
word: 正確な
roman: seikaku na
lang: Japanese
word: 精密な
roman: seimitsu na
lang: Khmer
word: ត្រឹម
roman: trəm
lang: Korean
word: 정확한
roman: jeonghwak-han
lang: Latin
word: accūrātus
lang: Latvian
word: precīzs
lang: Lithuanian
word: tikslus
lang: Macedonian
word: то́чен
roman: tóčen
lang: Macedonian
word: пре́цизен
roman: précizen
lang: Malay
word: tepat
lang: Malay
word: jitu
lang: Māori
word: tōtika
lang: Norman
word: juste
lang: Occitan
word: exacte
lang: Occitan
word: precís
lang: Persian
word: دقیق
roman: daqiq
lang: Polish
word: dokładny
lang: Polish
word: akuratny
lang: Portuguese
word: preciso
lang: Portuguese
word: exato
lang: Portuguese
word: acurado
lang: Portuguese
word: justo
lang: Portuguese
word: certeiro
lang: Romanian
word: acurat
lang: Russian
word: то́чный
roman: tóčnyj
lang: Russian
word: пра́вильный
roman: právilʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: аккура́тный
roman: akkurátnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cinnteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: то̏чан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: та̏чан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пре̏цӣзан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tȍčan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tȁčan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȅcīzan
lang: Slovak
word: presný
lang: Slovene
word: natančen
lang: Spanish
word: acertado
lang: Spanish
word: acurado
lang: Spanish
word: atinado
lang: Swahili
word: sanifu
lang: Swedish
word: som stämmer
lang: Telugu
word: ఖచ్చితమైన
roman: khaccitamaina
lang: Thai
word: แม่นยำ
roman: mɛ̂n-yam
lang: Turkish
word: kesin
lang: Turkish
word: dakik
lang: Turkish
word: hassas
lang: Ukrainian
word: то́чний
roman: tóčnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: докла́дний
roman: dokládnyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: chính xác
lang: Vietnamese
word: đúng đắn
lang: Vietnamese
word: xác đáng