Adjective
- 1. accurate (vs. inaccurate), close, faithful, dead-on(prenominal), high-fidelity, hi-fi, surgical, straight, true, dead on target, veracious, right, correct#1, right, exact, precise
- usage: 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"
- 2. accurate, exact, precise, correct (vs. incorrect), right (vs. wrong)
- usage: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"
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