Accurate definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Definition of 'accurate' ; faithfully representing or describing the truth ; careful and exact ; free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'accurate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× accurate (ækjʊrət ) 1. adjective Accurateinformation,measurements,andstatisticsarecorrecttoaverydetailedlevel.Anaccurateinstrumentisabletogiveyouinformationofthiskind. Policehavestressedthatthisisthemostaccuratedescriptionofthekillerto date. ...aquickandaccuratewayofmonitoringtheamountofcarbondioxideintheair. Quartztimepiecesareveryaccurate,toaminuteortwoperyear. Synonyms:precise,right,close,nice MoreSynonymsofaccurate accurately adverbThetestcanaccuratelypredictwhatabiggerexplosionwoulddo. Synonyms:precisely,absolutely,unerringly MoreSynonymsofaccurate Synonyms:precisely,rightly,correctly,closely MoreSynonymsofaccurate 2. adjective Anaccuratestatementoraccountgivesatrueorfairjudgmentofsomething. Itistooearlytogiveanaccurateassessmentofhiscondition. Theywereaccurateintheirpredictionthathewouldchangeherlifedrastically. accurately adverb[ADVERBwithverb]Whatmanypeoplemeanbytheword'power'couldbemoreaccuratelydescribedas'control'. Synonyms:precisely,absolutely,unerringly MoreSynonymsofaccurate Synonyms:exactly,rightly,closely,correctly MoreSynonymsofaccurate 3. adjective Youcanuseaccuratetodescribetheresultsofsomeone'sactionswhentheydoorcopysomethingcorrectlyorexactly. Marksweregivenforaccuratespellingandpunctuation. ...hismaliciouslyaccurateimitationofthePrimeMinister. 4. adjective Anaccurateweaponorthrowreachestheexactpointortargetthatitwasintendedtoreach.Youcanalsodescribeapersonasaccurateiftheyfireaweaponorthrowsomethinginthisway. Theriflewasextremelyaccurate. Thepilots,however,werenotasaccurateastheyshouldbe. Synonyms:ontarget,exact,precise,deadly MoreSynonymsofaccurate accurately adverb[ADVERBwithverb]...thetechnologytoaimbombsaccuratelyfromaircraft. Synonyms:precisely,absolutely,unerringly MoreSynonymsofaccurate MoreSynonymsofaccurate COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof accurate Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'accurate' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'accurate' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Aliceband' HindiTranslationof'accurate' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency accurateinBritishEnglish (ˈækjərɪt ) adjective1. faithfullyrepresentingordescribingthetruth 2. showinganegligibleorpermissibledeviationfromastandard anaccurateruler 3. withouterror;precise;meticulous 4. mathematicsa. (tonsignificantdigits)representingthefirstndigitsofthegivennumberstartingwiththefirstnonzerodigit,butapproximatingtothenearestdigitinthefinalposition sinceπ=3.14159…,theapproximation3.1416isaccurateto5significantdigits b. (tondecimalplaces)givingthefirstndigitsafterthedecimalpointwithoutfurtherapproximation π=3.1415isinthissenseaccurateto4decimalplaces CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsaccurately(ˈaccurately)adverb accurateness(ˈaccurateness)noun WordoriginC16:fromLatinaccūrātus,pastparticipleofaccūrāretoperformwithcare,fromcūracare WordFrequency accurateinAmericanEnglish (ˈækjərət ) adjective1.  carefulandexact 2.  freefrommistakesorerrors;precise 3.  adheringcloselytoastandard anaccuratethermometer SIMILARWORDS: corˈrect Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsaccurately(ˈaccurately) adverb accurateness(ˈaccurateness) noun WordoriginLaccuratus,pp.ofaccurare