/ɪɡˈzækt/, /ɛɡ-/
OriginFrom Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
“The clock keeps exact time.”
“He paid the exact debt.”
“an exact copy of a letter”
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
“a man exact in observing an appointment”
“In my doings I was exact.”
“I see thou art exact of taste.”
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
“An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason.”
- not-comparableSuch that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- not-comparableSuch that it preserves short exact sequences.
- ambitransitiveTo demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
“to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone”
“He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.”
“Their goal is retributive: to exact a price from Palestinian civilians (and in some cases left-wing Israeli Jews, Christians, and Israeli security forces) for actions Israeli authorities take against ”
- transitiveTo make desirable or necessary.
“I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.”
- transitiveTo inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
“to exact revenge on someone”
- exactly
“She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!”
Formsexacter(comparative) · more exact(comparative) · exactest(superlative) · most exact(superlative) · exacts(present, singular, third-person) · exacting(participle, present) · exacted(participle, past) · exacted(past)