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Accurate \Ac"cu*rate\, a. [L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr.
accurare to take care of; ad curare to take care, cura
care. See {Cure}.]
1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some
standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free
from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate
calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression,
knowledge, etc.
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2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.]
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Those conceive the celestial bodies have more
accurate influences upon these things below.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Correct; exact; just; nice; particular.

Usage: {Accurate}, {Correct}, {Exact}, {Precise}. We speak of
a thing as correct with reference to some rule or
standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a
correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We
speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the
care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased
correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate
statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak
of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected
state of a thing in which there is no defect and no
redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth,
an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when
we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or
model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity
instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in
giving his directions.
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