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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. sharply exact or accurate or delimited;
- Example: "a precise mind"
- Example: "specified a precise amount"
- Example: "arrived at the precise moment"

2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;
- Example: "a precise image"
- Example: "a precise measurement"
[syn: accurate, exact, precise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. Concise.] 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. [1913 Webster] The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. --Addison. [1913 Webster] He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate. [1913 Webster] -- Pre*cise"ly, adv. -- Pre*cise"ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

precise adj 1: sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" [ant: imprecise] 2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact, precise]