Definition of ACCURATE

accurate

Adjective

  • Correct in all details; exact.
  • conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
    • "an accurate reproduction"
    • "the accounting was accurate"
    • "accurate measurements"
    • "an accurate scale"

Adjective Satellite

  • (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

Adj

  • Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
  • Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
  • Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Examples

  • accurate knowledge
  • an accurate calculator
  • an accurate measure
  • His knowledge of the two-letter word list was impressively accurate.
  • My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the 1610's with the now obsolete sense "done with care", and from the 1650's with the sense "precise, exact".
Borrowed from Latin accūrātus (“done with care”), perfect passive participle of accūrō (“take care of”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“take care”), from cūra (“care”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Compare English cure.

Antonyms

inaccurate

Scrabble Score: 12

accurate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
accurate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accurate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

accurate: valid Words With Friends Word