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accurate

/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/ UK
/ˈak.jə.ɹɪt/ UK
/-ət/ UK
/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ Canada, US
/-ət/ Canada, US
/ˈæk.ɹɪt/ US, nonstandard
/ˈæk.ə.ɹɪt/ US, nonstandard
/-ət/ US, nonstandard
/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ Australia

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.

adjective more accurate · most accurate

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. an accurate calculator
Similar: word-perfect
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits. My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
Similar: unerring
On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed. an accurate pass
Similar: precise
Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool. an accurate marksman
obsolete Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have

Similar: correct, exact, just, nice, particular · Opposite: inaccurate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: veracious, true, exact, precise, straight, faithful, right, close, correct, dead-on, hi-fi, high-fidelity, accuracy, just, exactly, truthful

adjective

Similar: correct, exact, just, nice, particular · Opposite: inaccurate

Translations

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adj exact or careful conformity to truth

Español	acertado, acurado, atinado
한국어	정확한 jeonghwak-han
日本語	正確な seikaku na, 精密な seimitsu na
中文	準確 /准确 zhǔnquè
हिन्दी	सटीक saṭīk
Kiswahili	sanifu
Português	preciso, exato, acurado, justo, certeiro
Français	précis, exact, juste
Deutsch	genau, präzise, exakt
Italiano	accurato, preciso, esatto, giusto
Ελληνικά	ακριβής akrivís
Română	acurat
Русский	то́чный tóčnyj, пра́вильный právilʹnyj, аккура́тный akkurátnyj
Tiếng Việt	chính xác, đúng đắn, xác đáng
العربية	مَضْبُوط maḍbūṭ, دَقِيق daqīq

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@misc{accurate_2026,
  title = {accurate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/accurate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}